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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-04 Normal: Adobe Flash Player Code Execution Risk

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Potential vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player may enable remote code execution on Gentoo systems. It's crucial to update promptly to reduce security threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple 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 remote code execution multiple issues normal severity Adobe Flash Player

Resolution

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

[ 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

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-04
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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: May 03, 2014
Bugs: #501960, #504286, #507176, #508986
ID: 201405-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution multiple issues 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 < 11.2.202.356 >= 11.2.202.356

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.