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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201406-17
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: June 17, 2014
     Bugs: #512888
       ID: 201406-17

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, worst
of which allows remote attackers to execute 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  < 11.2.202.378         >= 11.2.202.378

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 possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, or bypass
security restrictions.

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-11.2.202.378 "

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0531
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0531
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-0532
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0532
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-0533
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0533
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-0534
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0534
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-0535
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0535
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-0536
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0536

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/201406-17

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/