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Gentoo: GLSA-202109-08 Critical: Mozilla Firefox Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover various security flaws in Adobe Flash Player impacting Gentoo users and explore strategies to bolster your system's defense.
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 security issue remote code execution update required Gentoo Linux normal severity Adobe Flash Player

Resolution

All Adobe Flash users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-26.0.0.137"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-3075 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3075 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-3076 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3076 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-3077 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3077 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-3078 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3078 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-3079 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3079 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-3080 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3080 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-3081 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3081 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-3082 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3082 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-3083 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3083 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-3084 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3084 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-3099 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3099 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-3100 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3100

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-15
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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: July 21, 2017
Bugs: #621680, #624620
ID: 201707-15

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote code execution update required Gentoo Linux normal severity 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 < 26.0.0.137 >= 26.0.0.137

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.