GLSA-201406-17 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 82004

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-17 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, or bypass security restrictions.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.378 '

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82004

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-17.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:adobe-flash, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0531, CVE-2014-0532, CVE-2014-0533, CVE-2014-0534, CVE-2014-0535, CVE-2014-0536

BID: 67961, 67962, 67963, 67970, 67973, 67974

GLSA: 201406-17