metadata/glsa/glsa-201611-18.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201611-18">
  <title>Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
    worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">adobe-flash</product>
  <announced>2016-11-22</announced>
  <revised>2016-11-22: 2</revised>
  <bug>599204</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-plugins/adobe-flash" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">23.0.0.207</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">11.2.202.644</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">23.0.0.207</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is
      commonly used to provide interactive websites.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Adobe Flash Player 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.207"
    </code>
    
    <p>All Adobe Flash Player 11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.644"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7857">CVE-2016-7857</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7858">CVE-2016-7858</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7859">CVE-2016-7859</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7860">CVE-2016-7860</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7861">CVE-2016-7861</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7862">CVE-2016-7862</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7863">CVE-2016-7863</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7864">CVE-2016-7864</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7865">CVE-2016-7865</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-11T06:18:07Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-11-22T11:59:00Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>