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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-16 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: September 24, 2017 |
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Bugs: #627336, #630964 |
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ID: 201709-16 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the |
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worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is |
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commonly used to provide interactive websites. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 27.0.0.130-r1 >= 27.0.0.130-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. |
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-26.0.0.151" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-11281 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11281 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2017-11282 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11282 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2017-3085 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3085 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2017-3106 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3106 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-16 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |