Bug Id
6811035, 6764865

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris

Date of Workaround Release
16-Mar-2009

Date of Resolved Release
06-Apr-2009

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player for Solaris 10 (Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-01)

1. Impact

Multiple security vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player distributed with Solaris may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of a local user on the system, or cause the web browser to crash if a malicious Shockwave Flash (SWF) file is loaded with the affected plugin. Being able to crash a web browser is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

In addition, a 'clickjacking' vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager may allow a remote user to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the system if a local user clicks on misleading Adobe Flash Player dialogues.

These issues are described in the following documents:


2. Contributing Factors

These issues can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Solaris 10 without patch 125332-05
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_110
  

x86 Platform

• Solaris 10 without patch 125333-05
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_110

Notes:

1. These issues can occur in Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 r151 and earlier for Solaris 10.
2. Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not affected by these issues.

OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and beyond the build from which it was derived. The base build can be derived as follows:

$ uname -a
SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_86 i86pc i386 i86pc   

The Adobe Flash Player shipped with Solaris is a web browser plugin, meaning that the web browser should be used to determine the version of the Flash Player in use. For example, when using the Mozilla Browser, visit the following URL:
  
    
and search for the Flash Player in the list of plugins.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited.

4. Workaround

To avoid these issues until patches become available, Adobe Flash Player can be removed from the system by using the pkgrm(1) utility to remove the SUNW-flash-player-plugin package.

5. Resolution

These issues are addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Solaris 10 with patch 125332-05 or later
  
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_111 or later
  

x86 Platform

• Solaris 10 with patch 125333-05 or later
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_111 or later

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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Modification History
06-Apr-2009: Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections; issue Resolved

References

125332-05
125333-05





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