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Important Security Update for Ubuntu: USN-2015-2 on Adobe Flash Player

Calendar Feb 06, 2015 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory critical issue remote code execution Arch Linux flashplugin
The package flashplugin before version 11.2.202.442-1 is vulnerable to remote code execution. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201502-2
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-02-06
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-0313 CVE-2015-0314 CVE-2015-0315 CVE-2015-0316
CVE-2015-0317 CVE-2015-0318 CVE-2015-0319 CVE-2015-0320 CVE-2015-0321
CVE-2015-0322 CVE-2015-0323 CVE-2015-0324 CVE-2015-0325 CVE-2015-0326
CVE-2015-0327 CVE-2015-0328 CVE-2015-0329 CVE-2015-0330
Package : flashplugin
Type    : remote code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package flashplugin before version 11.2.202.442-1 is vulnerable to
remote code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 11.2.202.442-1.

# pacman -Syu "flashplugin>=11.2.202.442-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 11.2.202.442.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
- CVE-2015-0313, CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, CVE-2015-0322

Use-after-free vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution.

- (CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0318, CVE-2015-0321,
CVE-2015-0329, CVE-2015-0330

Memory corruption vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2015-0317, CVE-2015-0319

Type confusion vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2015-0323, CVE-2015-0327

Heap overflow vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2015-0324

Buffer overflow vulnerability leading to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2015-0325, CVE-2015-0326, CVE-2015-0328

Null-pointer dereference issues, possibly leading to denial of service
or other unspecified impact.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

References
=========
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0313
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0314
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0315
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0316
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0317
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0318
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0319
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0320
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0321
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0322
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0323
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0324
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0325
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0326
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0327
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0328
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0329
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0330