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openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 Security Advisory: Flashplayer Critical Fixes

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2015
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This patch addresses numerous significant vulnerabilities in flashplayer for openSUSE Evergreen 11.4, providing improved protection for the system.
An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

Following issues was resolved in this update:

*an improper file validation issue CVE-2015-0301),

*an information disclosure vulnerability that could be exploited to

capture keystrokes on the affected system (CVE-2015-0302),

*memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution

(CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0306),

*heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code

execution (CVE-2015-0304,CVE-2015-0309),

*type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution

(CVE-2015-0305),

*an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could be exploited to leak

memory addresses (CVE-2015-0307),

*a use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution

(CVE-2015-0308).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow memory corruption important information disclosure openSUSE Evergreen flashplayer

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 2015-2

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

Package List

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

flash-player-11.2.202.429-139.1

flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.429-139.1

flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.429-139.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0301.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0302.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0303.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0304.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0305.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0306.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0307.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0308.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0309.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0061-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow memory corruption important information disclosure openSUSE Evergreen flashplayer

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