On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 08:25:01AM -0700, Darren S. wrote: > Greetings, > > There are aspects of the flashplugin-nonfree package I am hoping to > understand better in respect to installing the latest security updates > for the Adobe Flash plugin on a Debian host. > > Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 (jessie) > firefox-esr 45.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 amd64 > flashplugin-nonfree 1:3.6.1 amd64 > > 'update-flashplugin-nonfree --status` shows a newer release of the > plugin upstream. > > > options : --verbose --status -- > temporary directory: /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.65hpQUuxtV > importing public key ... > selected action = --status > Flash Player version installed on this system : 11.2.202.626 > Flash Player version available on upstream site: 22.0.0.209
That is now 11.2.202.632. You may need to delete /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl and try again. I'm considering to do an upload of flashplugin-nonfree to delete that old get-upstream-version.pl from the cache. The cause was that Adobe now suddenly starts distributing 22.* as well, and that Adobe's website returns the 22.* or 11.* version as the newest available version depending on the user agent of the browser. The fix was to modify get-upstream-version.pl to use the user agent string of Firefox in stretch, so the 11.* version is returned. > flash-mozilla.so - auto mode > link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50 > Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'. > end of action --status > cleaning up temporary directory /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.65hpQUuxtV ... > end of update-flashplugin-nonfree > > > http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ confirms that this > 11.2.202.626 version is installed and shows the latest supported > package for this system (Linux, Firefox - NPAPI (Extended Support > Release) 11.2.202.632 (slightly newer, 632 > 626). Flash objects in > Firefox are also replaced with the warning dialog noting that the > Flash plugin is outdated. Well, if Firefox rejects 11.2.202.632, which is the newest version for Firefox, then there is currently no Flash Player for Firefox. > > > 'update-flashplugin-nonfree --install' however does not result in the > most recent update being installed: > > > options : --verbose --install -- > temporary directory: /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.1LM79N9U0I > importing public key ... > selected action = --install > installed version = 11.2.202.626 > upstream version = 22.0.0.209 > wgetoptions= -nd -P . -v --progress=dot:default > downloading > http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp.22.0.0.209.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc It attempts to proceed for 22.0.0.209... See above about trying again. > ... > --2016-08-01 07:53:23-- > http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp.22.0.0.209.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > Resolving people.debian.org (people.debian.org)... 5.153.231.30, > 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:30 > Connecting to people.debian.org > (people.debian.org)|5.153.231.30|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently > Location: > https://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp.22.0.0.209.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > [following] > --2016-08-01 07:53:24-- > https://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp.22.0.0.209.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > Connecting to people.debian.org > (people.debian.org)|5.153.231.30|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found > 2016-08-01 07:53:24 ERROR 404: Not Found. > > wget failed to download > http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp.22.0.0.209.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > downloading > http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > ... > --2016-08-01 07:53:24-- > http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc Still falling back to the old fp10 files... > Resolving people.debian.org (people.debian.org)... 5.153.231.30, > 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:30 > Connecting to people.debian.org > (people.debian.org)|5.153.231.30|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently > Location: > https://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > [following] > --2016-08-01 07:53:25-- > https://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/D5C0FC14/fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc > Connecting to people.debian.org > (people.debian.org)|5.153.231.30|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 1250 (1.2K) [text/plain] > Saving to: ‘./fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc’ > > 0K . 100% > 254K=0.005s > > 2016-08-01 07:53:25 (254 KB/s) - ‘./fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc’ saved > [1250/1250] > > verifying PGP fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc ... > copying > /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz > ... > verifying checksum install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz ... > wgetoptions= -nd -P . -v --progress=dot:default -O > /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.1LM79N9U0I/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz > downloading > https://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.626/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz And that should be 11.2.202.632 now. I've updated the fp10 checksum files just a minute ago. > ... > verifying checksum install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz ... > unpacking install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz ... > verifying checksum contents of install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz ... > moving libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree ... > setting permissions and ownership of > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so ... > Flash Player version: 11.2.202.626 > moving install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz to > /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree ... > flash-mozilla.so - auto mode > link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50 > Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'. > calling update-alternatives ... > flash-mozilla.so - auto mode > link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50 > Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'. > removing /usr/bin/flash-player-properties > removing /usr/share/applications/flash-player-properties.desktop > removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/flash-player-properties.png > removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/flash-player-properties.png > removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/flash-player-properties.png > removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/flash-player-properties.png > removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/flash-player-properties.png > removing /usr/share/pixmaps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/bin/flash-player-properties > installing /usr/share/applications/flash-player-properties.desktop > installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/flash-player-properties.png > installing /usr/share/pixmaps/flash-player-properties.png > end of action --install > cleaning up temporary directory /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.1LM79N9U0I ... > end of update-flashplugin-nonfree > > > It appears that the updated Flash plugin version fails to be > fetched/verified because of a 404 on the Debian server. This updated > version doesn't appear to be the one that would work with Firefox on > Linux anyway, as that would be 11.2.202.632. However when > update-flashplugin-nonfree fetches and installs an 11.x version, it > drops in the slightly older 11.2.202.626 version which is still > considered vulnerable in the browser. > > Is there a way for this to be corrected? Yes, see above. Regards, Bart Martens
