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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-21 Normal: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Threats

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance the Adobe Flash Player on Gentoo to fix various security flaws and eliminate the risk of unauthorized code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 code execution arbitrary code multiple vulnerabilities normal severity flash player

Resolution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-32.0.0.207"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-7096 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7096 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-7108 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7108 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-7845 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7845

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-21
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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: August 18, 2019
Bugs: #683006, #687894
ID: 201908-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution arbitrary code multiple vulnerabilities normal severity flash player

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 < 32.0.0.207 >= 32.0.0.207

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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