Gentoo: GLSA-201611-18: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Adobe Flash Player 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.205"
All Adobe Flash Player 11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.635"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-7857 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7857 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7858 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7858 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7859 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7859 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7860 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7860 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-7861 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7861 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-7862 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7862 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-7863 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7863 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-7864 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7864 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-7865 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7865
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-18
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.
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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.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 23.0.0.207 *>= 11.2.202.644 >= 23.0.0.207
Impact
===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.