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Gentoo: GLSA-202204-09 Critical: VLC Media Player Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities detected in Adobe Flash Player on Gentoo. Mitigate remote exploitation threats and ensure you update immediately.
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 software update remote code execution multiple issues normal adobe-flash-player

Resolution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.626"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1019 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1019 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-1019 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1019 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1019 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1019 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-4117 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4117 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-4117 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4117 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-4120 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4120 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-4120 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4120 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-4120 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4120 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-4121 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4121 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-4160 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4160 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-4161 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4161 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-4162 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4162 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-4163 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/201606-08
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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: June 18, 2016
Bugs: #579166, #582670, #586044
ID: 201606-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote code execution multiple issues normal 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 < 11.2.202.626 >= 11.2.202.626

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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