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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201402-06
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 06, 2014
     Bugs: #491148, #493894, #498170, #500313
       ID: 201402-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is
commonly used to provide interactive websites.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash   < 11.2.202.336         >= 11.2.202.336 

Description
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Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe
Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF
file using Adobe Flash Player, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.336"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-5329
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5329
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-5330
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5330
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-5331
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5331
[ 4 ] CVE-2013-5332
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5332
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-0491
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0491
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-0492
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0492
[ 7 ] CVE-2014-0497
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0497

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-06.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5