openSUSE Security Update: flash-player: Update to 11.2.202.236 security release
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0723-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #761975 #766241 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2034 CVE-2012-2035 CVE-2012-2036
                    CVE-2012-2037 CVE-2012-2038 CVE-2012-2039
                    CVE-2012-2040
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.1
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.236, fixing lots
   of bugs and critical security issues.

   We also disabled inclusion of mms.cfg again,  as it caused
   trouble on hardware accelerated systems.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-315

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-315

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      flash-player-11.2.202.236-24.1
      flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.236-24.1
      flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.236-24.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      flash-player-11.2.202.236-17.1
      flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.236-17.1
      flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.236-17.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2034.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2035.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2036.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2037.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2038.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2039.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2040.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761975
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/766241

openSUSE: 2012:0723-1: critical: flash-player

June 11, 2012
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.236, fixing lots of bugs and critical security issues. We also disabled inclusion of mms.cfg again, as it caused trouble on hardware accelerated systems.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-315 - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-315 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): flash-player-11.2.202.236-24.1 flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.236-24.1 flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.236-24.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): flash-player-11.2.202.236-17.1 flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.236-17.1 flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.236-17.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2034.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2035.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2036.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2037.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2038.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2039.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2040.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/761975 https://bugzilla.novell.com/766241


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0723-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1 openSUSE 11.4 .

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