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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: Important Remote Execution Update

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2014
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SUSE Security Bulletin tackles severe video-player vulnerability with comprehensive update guidance. Ensure your safety with the latest patches.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The following vulnerability is fixed with this update: * bnc#907257 hardening against a remote code execution flaw (APSB14-26) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-8439 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-flash-player-10023 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 11.2.202.424]: flash-player-11.2.202.424-0.3.1 flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.424-0.3.1 flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.424-0.3.1

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References

#907257

Cross- CVE-2014-8439

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8439.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907257

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1545-1
Rating: important

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