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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201711-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: November 19, 2017
     Bugs: #637630
       ID: 201711-13

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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
==========

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
    ——————————————————————-
  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash    < 27.0.0.187            >= 27.0.0.187 

Description
===========

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process.

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-27.0.0.187”

References
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[ 1 ] Adobe Security Bulletin
      https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-33.
html
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-11213
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11213
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-11215
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11215
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-11225
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11225
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-3112
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3112
[ 6 ] CVE-2017-3114
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3114

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

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-13

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 2017 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.

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