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Gentoo: GLSA 201409-05 Normal: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Exec

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2014
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The security flaw in Adobe Flash Player prompts urgent attention as identified in Gentoo Advisory GLSA 201409-05. All users should act swiftly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute 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 Gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities 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-11.2.202.406"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0547 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0547 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0548 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0548 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0549 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0549 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-0550 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0550 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0551 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0551 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0552 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0552 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-0553 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0553 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-0554 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0554 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-0555 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0555 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-0556 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0556 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-0557 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0557 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-0559 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0559

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-05
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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: September 19, 2014
Bugs: #522448
ID: 201409-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities Adobe Flash Player

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute 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 < 11.2.202.406 >= 11.2.202.406

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.