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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201702-20
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 20, 2017
     Bugs: #605314, #609330
       ID: 201702-20

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Synopsis
========

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
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash    < 24.0.0.221            >= 24.0.0.221

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

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

Impact
======

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

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Adobe Flash users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-24.0.0.221"

References
==========

[  1 ] CVE-2017-2925
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2925
[  2 ] CVE-2017-2926
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2926
[  3 ] CVE-2017-2927
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2927
[  4 ] CVE-2017-2928
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2928
[  5 ] CVE-2017-2930
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2930
[  6 ] CVE-2017-2931
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2931
[  7 ] CVE-2017-2932
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2932
[  8 ] CVE-2017-2933
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2933
[  9 ] CVE-2017-2934
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2934
[ 10 ] CVE-2017-2935
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2935
[ 11 ] CVE-2017-2936
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2936
[ 12 ] CVE-2017-2937
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2937
[ 13 ] CVE-2017-2938
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2938
[ 14 ] CVE-2017-2982
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2982
[ 15 ] CVE-2017-2984
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2984
[ 16 ] CVE-2017-2985
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2985
[ 17 ] CVE-2017-2986
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2986
[ 18 ] CVE-2017-2987
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2987
[ 19 ] CVE-2017-2988
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2988
[ 20 ] CVE-2017-2990
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2990
[ 21 ] CVE-2017-2991
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2991
[ 22 ] CVE-2017-2992
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2992
[ 23 ] CVE-2017-2993
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2993
[ 24 ] CVE-2017-2994
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2994
[ 25 ] CVE-2017-2995
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2995
[ 26 ] CVE-2017-2996
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2996

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/201702-20

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.

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


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