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SUSE 11 SP3: 2014:1035-1 Important: Flash Player Issues Affecting Security

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2014
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This patch addresses several security flaws in the browser-plugin, crucial for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This flash-player update fixes the following security issues: * These updates resolve memory leakage vulnerabilities that could have been used to bypass memory address randomization (CVE-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, CVE-2014-0545). * These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2014-0541). * These updates resolve a use-after-free vulnerability that could have lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0538). Find more details under Security Issues: * CVE-2014-0538 * CVE-2014-0540 * CVE-2014-0541

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue SUSE use-after-free security bypass flash-player memory leakage

References

#891688

Cross- CVE-2014-0538 CVE-2014-0540 CVE-2014-0541

CVE-2014-0542 CVE-2014-0543 CVE-2014-0544

CVE-2014-0545

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0538.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0540.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0541.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0542.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0543.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0544.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0545.html

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1035-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue SUSE use-after-free security bypass flash-player memory leakage

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