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openSUSE 13.2/12.3: 2014:0586-1 Urgent: Web-Browser Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2014
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial openSUSE enhancement for flash-player addresses critical memory overflow issue. Update now for vital security improvement.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This flash-player update fixes a critical buffer overflow

vulnerability that leads to arbitrary code execution.

The flash-player package was updated to version

11.2.202.356.

* bnc#875577, APSB14-13, CVE-2014-0515

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.1:NonFree:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-322

- openSUSE 12.3:NonFree:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-322

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.1:NonFree (i586 x86_64):

flash-player-11.2.202.356-46.1

flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.356-46.1

flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.356-46.1

- openSUSE 12.3:NonFree (i586 x86_64):

flash-player-11.2.202.356-2.72.1

flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.356-2.72.1

flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.356-2.72.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0515.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0585-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1:NonFree openSUSE 12.3:NonFree .

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