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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 arbitrary code execution 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-24.0.0.186"

References

[ 1 ] APSB16-39 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7867 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7867 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7868 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7868 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7869 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7869 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-7870 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7870 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-7871 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7871 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-7872 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7872 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-7873 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7873 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-7874 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7874 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-7875 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7875 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-7876 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7876 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-7877 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7877 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-7878 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7878 [ 14 ] CVE-2016-7879 http://nv...

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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: January 10, 2017
Bugs: #602546
ID: 201701-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution arbitrary code execution 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 < 24.0.0.186 >= 24.0.0.186

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.