10 - GLSA-201705-12

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.

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 Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge -a --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-25.0.0.171 :22"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-3068 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3068
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-3069 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3069
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-3070 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3070
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-3071 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3071
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-3072 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3072
[ 6 ] CVE-2017-3073 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3073
[ 7 ] CVE-2017-3074 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3074

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-12