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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
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
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
19 worst of which allows 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 < 25.0.0.127 >= 25.0.0.127
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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 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-25.0.0.127"
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60 References
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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
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80 Availability
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83 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
84 the Gentoo Security Website:
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86 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-02
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88 Concerns?
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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.
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97 License
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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.
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106 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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