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Gentoo: 200903-23 Normal: Adobe Flash Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2009
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Important notice regarding various vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player: update promptly to reduce the threats of unauthorized code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified, the worst of which allow arbitrary code execution on a user's system via a malicious Flash file.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-23 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 10, 2009 Bugs: #239543, #251496, #260264 ID: 200903-23

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified, the worst of which allow arbitrary code execution on a user's system via a malicious Flash file.
Background ========= The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/netscape-flash < 10.0.22.87 >= 10.0.22.87
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