[SECURITY] Macromedia Flash: flash-plugin-7.0.61-1

From: Warren Togami (wtogami_at_redhat.com)
Date: 11/28/05

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    http://macromedia.mplug.org/
    Yeah, this isn't a Fedora package, however I know many Fedora users are
    using the older version of this package so I figure it would be
    appropriate to announce here. You can optionally configure yum to point
    to the repository for auto-upgrade in the future.

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    Macromedia Flash Player Update Notification
    CVE-2005-2628
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    Name : flash-plugin
    Version : 7.0.61
    Release : 1
    Summary : Flash Player for x86 Linux
    Description :
    Macromedia Flash Plugin 7.0.61

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    Update Information:

    Updated Macromedia Flash Player packages that fix a security issue are
    now available.

    This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
    Hat Security Response Team.

    The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla-compatible Macromedia Flash
    Player browser plug-in.

    A buffer overflow bug was discovered in the Macromedia Flash Player. It
    may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the
    victim opens a malicious Macromedia Flash file. The Common
    Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2628 to
    this issue.

    http://macromedia.mplug.org/
    Users of Macromedia Flash Player should download the package from this
    site, which contains version 7.0.61 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

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    This update can be downloaded from:
       http://macromedia.mplug.org/

    SHA1SUM:
    04861e5d6ded433549caf9a70b5195d341c15103 flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm
    MD5SUM:
    7ef4f4c53270c4930c873181fa9a1a96 flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm
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    Warren Togami
    wtogami@redhat.com 

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