openSUSE Security Update: Security update for flash-player
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2014:1562-1
Rating:             important
References:         #907257 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-8439
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1:NonFree
                    openSUSE 12.3:NonFree
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   flash-player was updated to fix one security issue.

   This security issue was fixed:
   - Hardening against a code execution flaw (CVE-2014-8439).


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-2014-737

   - openSUSE 12.3:NonFree:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-737

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1:NonFree (i586 x86_64):

      flash-player-11.2.202.424-78.1
      flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.424-78.1
      flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.424-78.1

   - openSUSE 12.3:NonFree (i586 x86_64):

      flash-player-11.2.202.424-2.104.1
      flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.424-2.104.1
      flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.424-2.104.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8439.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907257

openSUSE: 2014:1562-1: important: flash-player

December 5, 2014
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

flash-player was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - Hardening against a code execution flaw (CVE-2014-8439).

 

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-2014-737 - openSUSE 12.3:NonFree: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-737 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1:NonFree (i586 x86_64): flash-player-11.2.202.424-78.1 flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.424-78.1 flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.424-78.1 - openSUSE 12.3:NonFree (i586 x86_64): flash-player-11.2.202.424-2.104.1 flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.424-2.104.1 flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.424-2.104.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8439.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907257


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1562-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1:NonFree openSUSE 12.3:NonFree .

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