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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201409-05
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: September 19, 2014
     Bugs: #522448
       ID: 201409-05

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
worst of which allows remote attackers to execute 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
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash   < 11.2.202.406         >= 11.2.202.406

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions.

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 -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.406"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2014-0547
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0547
[  2 ] CVE-2014-0548
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0548
[  3 ] CVE-2014-0549
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0549
[  4 ] CVE-2014-0550
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0550
[  5 ] CVE-2014-0551
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0551
[  6 ] CVE-2014-0552
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0552
[  7 ] CVE-2014-0553
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0553
[  8 ] CVE-2014-0554
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0554
[  9 ] CVE-2014-0555
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0555
[ 10 ] CVE-2014-0556
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0556
[ 11 ] CVE-2014-0557
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0557
[ 12 ] CVE-2014-0559
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0559

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-201409-05.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