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Gentoo: GLSA-200708-01 Normal: Flash Player Remote Code Threat

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Adobe Flash Player may enable remote code execution. Updating is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Macromedia Flash Player, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Macromedia Flash Player: Remote arbitrary code execution Date: August 08, 2007 Bugs: #185141 ID: 200708-01

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Macromedia Flash Player, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= The Macromedia Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF file type which is commonly used to provide interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/netscape-flash < 9.0.48.0 >= 9.0.48.0
========== Mark Hills discovered some er...

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