openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 Security Update: Critical Flash-Player Patch
opensuse
December 12, 2014
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
Flash-player was updated to version 11.2.202.245 fixing numerous
vulnerabilities:
*memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution
(CVE-2014-0587, CVE-2014-9164).
*use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
(CVE-2014-8443).
*stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2014-9163).
*information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2014-9162).
*vulnerability that could be exploited to circumvent the same-origin
policy (CVE-2014-0580).
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:
zypper in -t patch 2014-92
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
flash-player-11.2.202.425-135.1
flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.425-135.1
flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.425-135.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0580.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0587.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8443.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9162.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9163.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9164.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1622-1
Rating: critical
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