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GLSA-201607-03 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92042

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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-201607-03 (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, obtain sensitive information, 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-11.2.202.632'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92042

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201607-03.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 7/14/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC: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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246, CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249

GLSA: 201607-03