GLSA 201110-11: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/13/2011
Bugs:	#354207, #359019, #363179, #367031, #370215, #372899, #378637, #384017
ID:	201110-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-plugins/adobe-flash	< 10.3.183.10	>= 10.3.183.10	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers and Adobe Security Advisories and Bulletins referenced below for details.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF file a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.3.183.10"
    

References

• APSA11-01
• APSA11-02
• APSB11-02
• APSB11-12
• APSB11-13
• APSB11-21
• APSB11-26
• CVE-2011-0558
• CVE-2011-0559
• CVE-2011-0560
• CVE-2011-0561
• CVE-2011-0571
• CVE-2011-0572
• CVE-2011-0573
• CVE-2011-0574
• CVE-2011-0575
• CVE-2011-0577
• CVE-2011-0578
• CVE-2011-0579
• CVE-2011-0589
• CVE-2011-0607
• CVE-2011-0608
• CVE-2011-0609
• CVE-2011-0611
• CVE-2011-0618
• CVE-2011-0619
• CVE-2011-0620
• CVE-2011-0621
• CVE-2011-0622
• CVE-2011-0623
• CVE-2011-0624
• CVE-2011-0625
• CVE-2011-0626
• CVE-2011-0627
• CVE-2011-0628
• CVE-2011-2107
• CVE-2011-2110
• CVE-2011-2125
• CVE-2011-2130
• CVE-2011-2134
• CVE-2011-2136
• CVE-2011-2137
• CVE-2011-2138
• CVE-2011-2139
• CVE-2011-2140
• CVE-2011-2414
• CVE-2011-2415
• CVE-2011-2416
• CVE-2011-2417
• CVE-2011-2424
• CVE-2011-2425
• CVE-2011-2426
• CVE-2011-2427
• CVE-2011-2428
• CVE-2011-2429
• CVE-2011-2430
• CVE-2011-2444

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-11.xml

Concerns?

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License

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