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Gentoo GLSA-200511-21: Flash Player Risk of Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Uncover the important security notice issued by Gentoo regarding the exposure of Macromedia Flash Player to potential remote code execution threats.
A vulnerability has been identified that allows arbitrary code execution on a user's system via the handling of malicious SWF files.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-21 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Macromedia Flash Player: Remote arbitrary code execution Date: November 25, 2005 Bugs: #112251 ID: 200511-21

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability has been identified that allows arbitrary code execution on a user's system via the handling of malicious SWF files.
Background ========= The Macromedia Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF filetype which is commonly used to provide interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/netscape-flash < 7.0.61 >= 7.0.61
========== When handling a SWF fi...

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