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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201405-04
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: May 03, 2014
     Bugs: #501960, #504286, #507176, #508986
       ID: 201405-04

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

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

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash   < 11.2.202.356         >= 11.2.202.356

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

Impact
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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. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to bypass
the Same Origin Policy or read the clipboard via unspecified vectors.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.356"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2014-0498
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0498
[  2 ] CVE-2014-0499
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0499
[  3 ] CVE-2014-0502
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0502
[  4 ] CVE-2014-0503
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0503
[  5 ] CVE-2014-0504
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0504
[  6 ] CVE-2014-0506
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0506
[  7 ] CVE-2014-0507
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0507
[  8 ] CVE-2014-0508
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0508
[  9 ] CVE-2014-0509
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0509
[ 10 ] CVE-2014-0515
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0515

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-04

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/