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SUSE: 2016:3148-1 Critical: Flash-Player Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important safety upgrade resolving 17 vulnerabilities in flash-player for SUSE platforms. Ensure your protection and keep your system current with updates!
An update that fixes 17 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for flash-player fixes the following issues: - Security update to 24.0.0.186 (bsc#1015379) APSB16-39: * These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could have lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879, CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7892). * These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could have lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869, CVE-2016-7870). * These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could have lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874, CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876). * These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-7890). - Keep standalone flashplayer at version 11, no newer version exists

References

#1015379

Cross- CVE-2016-7867 CVE-2016-7868 CVE-2016-7869

CVE-2016-7870 CVE-2016-7871 CVE-2016-7872

CVE-2016-7873 CVE-2016-7874 CVE-2016-7875

CVE-2016-7876 CVE-2016-7877 CVE-2016-7878

CVE-2016-7879 CVE-2016-7880 CVE-2016-7881

CVE-2016-7890 CVE-2016-7892

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7867.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7868.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7869.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7870.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7871.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7872.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7873.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1
Rating: critical

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