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Gentoo: GLSA-201702-20 Normal: Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Serious flaws identified in Adobe Flash Player pose significant threats for remote code execution. Immediate updates are necessary!
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 normal severity adobe flash multi threat

Resolution

All Adobe Flash users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-24.0.0.221"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-2925 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2925 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-2926 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2926 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-2927 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2927 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-2928 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2928 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-2930 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2930 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-2931 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2931 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-2932 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2932 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-2933 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2933 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-2934 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2934 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-2935 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2935 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-2936 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2936 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-2937 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2937 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-2938 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/201702-20
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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: February 20, 2017
Bugs: #605314, #609330
ID: 201702-20

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution normal severity adobe flash multi threat

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 < 24.0.0.221 >= 24.0.0.221

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.

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