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Gentoo: GLSA-201402-06 Normal: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution

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The GLSA 201402-06 security advisory for Gentoo highlights critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, stressing urgent risks and providing vital update guidance
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Gentoo code execution execution normal severity Adobe Flash Player

Resolution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.336"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-5329 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5329 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-5330 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5330 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-5331 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5331 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-5332 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5332 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0491 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0491 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0492 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0492 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-0497 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0497

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2014
Bugs: #491148, #493894, #498170, #500313
ID: 201402-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Gentoo code execution execution normal severity Adobe Flash Player

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 11.2.202.336 >= 11.2.202.336

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF file using Adobe Flash Player, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.