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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201908-21 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:36:31
Message-Id: 20190818022351.GH5912@bubba.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-21
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 18, 2019
10 Bugs: #683006, #687894
11 ID: 201908-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
19 worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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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
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 32.0.0.207 >= 32.0.0.207
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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
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44 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
45 privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-32.0.0.207"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-7096
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7096
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-7108
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7108
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-7845
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7845
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-21
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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