Advisories ยป MGASA-2016-0173

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 May 2016
Modification date: 12 May 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-1096 , CVE-2016-1097 , CVE-2016-1098 , CVE-2016-1099 , CVE-2016-1100 , CVE-2016-1101 , CVE-2016-1102 , CVE-2016-1103 , CVE-2016-1104 , CVE-2016-1105 , CVE-2016-1106 , CVE-2016-1107 , CVE-2016-1108 , CVE-2016-1109 , CVE-2016-1110 , CVE-2016-4108 , CVE-2016-4109 , CVE-2016-4110 , CVE-2016-4111 , CVE-2016-4112 , CVE-2016-4113 , CVE-2016-4114 , CVE-2016-4115 , CVE-2016-4116 , CVE-2016-4117

Description

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.621 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 type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-1105, CVE-2016-4117).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-1097, CVE-2016-1106, CVE-2016-1107,
CVE-2016-1108, CVE-2016-1109, CVE-2016-1110, CVE-2016-4108,
CVE-2016-4110).

This update resolves a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead
to code execution (CVE-2016-1101).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-1103).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099,
CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111,
CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115).

This update resolves a vulnerability in the directory search path used to
find resources that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4116).

Adobe reports that an exploit for CVE-2016-4117 exists in the wild.

References

SRPMS

5/nonfree