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Gentoo: GLSA-201502-02 High Severity: Adobe Flash Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-02 highlights critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, allowing attackers full system access and control
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 high severity software update code execution remote execution Gentoo Linux Adobe Flash

Resolution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.442"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0301 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0301 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-0302 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0302 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-0303 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0303 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-0304 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0304 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-0305 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0305 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-0306 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0306 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-0307 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0307 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-0308 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0308 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-0309 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0309 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-0310 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0310 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-0311 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0311 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-0314 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0314 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-0315 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-02
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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: High
Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2015
Bugs: #536562, #537378, #537426, #538982
ID: 201502-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity software update code execution remote execution Gentoo Linux Adobe Flash

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 < 11.2.202.442 >= 11.2.202.442

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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