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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201204-07 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:54:26
Message-Id: 4F8E00C3.5020202@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 17, 2012
10 Bugs: #390149, #404101, #407023, #410005
11 ID: 201204-07
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which
19 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is
25 commonly used to provide interactive websites.
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27 Affected packages
28 =================
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 11.2.202.228 >= 11.2.202.228
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
39 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
42 ======
43
44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF
45 file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
46 privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
47 Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to bypass intended access
48 restrictions, bypass cross-domain policy, inject arbitrary web script,
49 or obtain sensitive information.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.228"
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64 References
65 ==========
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2011-2445
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2445
69 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2450
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2450
71 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2451
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2451
73 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-2452
74 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2452
75 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-2453
76 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2453
77 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-2454
78 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2454
79 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-2455
80 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2455
81 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-2456
82 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2456
83 [ 9 ] CVE-2011-2457
84 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2457
85 [ 10 ] CVE-2011-2458
86 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2458
87 [ 11 ] CVE-2011-2459
88 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2459
89 [ 12 ] CVE-2011-2460
90 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2460
91 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-0752
92 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0752
93 [ 14 ] CVE-2012-0753
94 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0753
95 [ 15 ] CVE-2012-0754
96 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0754
97 [ 16 ] CVE-2012-0755
98 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0755
99 [ 17 ] CVE-2012-0756
100 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0756
101 [ 18 ] CVE-2012-0767
102 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0767
103 [ 19 ] CVE-2012-0768
104 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0768
105 [ 20 ] CVE-2012-0769
106 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0769
107 [ 21 ] CVE-2012-0773
108 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0773
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110 Availability
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113 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
114 the Gentoo Security Website:
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116 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-07.xml
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118 Concerns?
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121 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
122 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
123 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
124 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
125 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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127 License
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130 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
131 belongs to its owner(s).
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133 The contents of this document are licensed under the
134 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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136 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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