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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201209-01 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:48:09
Message-Id: 5046ACD1.5050002@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 05, 2012
10 Bugs: #431432, #432286
11 ID: 201209-01
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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 execution of 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 < 11.2.202.238 >= 11.2.202.238
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35 Description
36 ===========
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38 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe
39 Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
40 details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could entice a user to open specially crafted SWF
46 content, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
47 privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.
48 Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive
49 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-11.2.202.238"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-1535
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1535
69 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4163
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4163
71 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-4164
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4164
73 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-4165
74 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4165
75 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-4166
76 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4166
77 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-4167
78 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4167
79 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-4168
80 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4168
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82 Availability
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85 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
86 the Gentoo Security Website:
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88 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
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90 Concerns?
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93 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
94 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
95 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
96 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
97 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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99 License
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102 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
103 belongs to its owner(s).
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105 The contents of this document are licensed under the
106 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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108 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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