From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201703-02 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:47:44 |
Message-Id: | efe655f0-a06d-7b73-95ec-888f5db2ee8d@gentoo.org |
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7 | Severity: Normal |
8 | Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: March 19, 2017 |
10 | Bugs: #612588 |
11 | ID: 201703-02 |
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15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the |
19 | worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. |
20 | |
21 | Background |
22 | ========== |
23 | |
24 | The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is |
25 | commonly used to provide interactive websites. |
26 | |
27 | Affected packages |
28 | ================= |
29 | |
30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33 | 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 25.0.0.127 >= 25.0.0.127 |
34 | |
35 | Description |
36 | =========== |
37 | |
38 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. |
39 | Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
40 | |
41 | Impact |
42 | ====== |
43 | |
44 | A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
45 | privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions. |
46 | |
47 | Workaround |
48 | ========== |
49 | |
50 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
51 | |
52 | Resolution |
53 | ========== |
54 | |
55 | All Adobe Flash users should upgrade to the latest version: |
56 | |
57 | # emerge --sync |
58 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-25.0.0.127" |
59 | |
60 | References |
61 | ========== |
62 | |
63 | [ 1 ] APSB17-07 |
64 | https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-07.html |
65 | [ 2 ] CVE-2017-2997 |
66 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2997 |
67 | [ 3 ] CVE-2017-2998 |
68 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2998 |
69 | [ 4 ] CVE-2017-2999 |
70 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2999 |
71 | [ 5 ] CVE-2017-3000 |
72 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3000 |
73 | [ 6 ] CVE-2017-3001 |
74 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3001 |
75 | [ 7 ] CVE-2017-3002 |
76 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3002 |
77 | [ 8 ] CVE-2017-3003 |
78 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3003 |
79 | |
80 | Availability |
81 | ============ |
82 | |
83 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
84 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
85 | |
86 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-02 |
87 | |
88 | Concerns? |
89 | ========= |
90 | |
91 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
92 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
93 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
94 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
95 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
96 | |
97 | License |
98 | ======= |
99 | |
100 | Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
101 | belongs to its owner(s). |
102 | |
103 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
104 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
105 | |
106 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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