Bug 740201 (CVE-2011-2444) - CVE-2011-2444 acroread, flash-plugin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability fixed in APSB11-26
Summary: CVE-2011-2444 acroread, flash-plugin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability fixe...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-2444
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 737587 737588 737589 740208 740210
Blocks: 740205 751852
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Reported: 2011-09-21 09:43 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-02-14 14:25:49 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1333 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2011-09-22 16:54:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1434 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: acroread security update 2011-11-08 16:13:47 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-09-21 09:43:36 UTC 
Adobe will release update for flash-plugin on 21st Sept 2011
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2011/09/prenotification-security-update-for-flash-player.html

This bug is used for:
"important universal cross-site scripting issue that is reportedly being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks."
Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2011-09-21 20:40:06 UTC 
APSB11-26 [1] resolves the following flaw:

This update resolves a universal cross-site scripting issue that could be used to take actions on a user's behalf on any website or webmail provider if the user visits a malicious website (CVE-2011-2444).

Note: There are reports that this issue is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious link delivered in an email message.

[1] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-26.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2011-09-22 16:54:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:1333 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1333.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-11-08 11:14:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:1434 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1434.html
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