Advisories ยป MGASA-2016-0062

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 09 Feb 2016
Modification date: 09 Feb 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-0964 , CVE-2016-0965 , CVE-2016-0966 , CVE-2016-0967 , CVE-2016-0968 , CVE-2016-0969 , CVE-2016-0970 , CVE-2016-0971 , CVE-2016-0972 , CVE-2016-0973 , CVE-2016-0974 , CVE-2016-0975 , CVE-2016-0976 , CVE-2016-0977 , CVE-2016-0978 , CVE-2016-0979 , CVE-2016-0980 , CVE-2016-0981 , CVE-2016-0982 , CVE-2016-0983 , CVE-2016-0984 , CVE-2016-0985

Description

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.569 contains fixes to critical security 
vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an 
attacker to take control of the affected system.

This update resolves a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code 
execution (CVE-2016-0985).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code 
execution (CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, 
CVE-2016-0983, CVE-2016-0984).

This update resolves a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to 
code execution (CVE-2016-0971).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code 
execution (CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, 
CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, 
CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, CVE-2016-0981).

References

SRPMS

5/nonfree