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openSUSE 13.1: 2016:2665-1 Important: Flash Player Use-After-Free

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2016
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update for Adobe Flash Player on openSUSE resolves a significant use-after-free vulnerability, improving the overall security framework of your operating environment.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for Adobe Flash Player to 11.2.202.643 fixes the following

vulnerability:

- CVE-2016-7855: use-after-free vulnerability (APSB16-36, boo#1007098)

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 2016-1240=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 NonFree (i586 x86_64):

flash-player-11.2.202.643-177.1

flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.643-177.1

flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.643-177.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7855.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007098

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2665-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 NonFree .

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