Advisories ยป MGASA-2016-0228

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 17 Jun 2016
Modification date: 17 Jun 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-4122 , CVE-2016-4123 , CVE-2016-4124 , CVE-2016-4125 , CVE-2016-4127 , CVE-2016-4128 , CVE-2016-4129 , CVE-2016-4130 , CVE-2016-4131 , CVE-2016-4132 , CVE-2016-4133 , CVE-2016-4134 , CVE-2016-4135 , CVE-2016-4136 , CVE-2016-4137 , CVE-2016-4138 , CVE-2016-4139 , CVE-2016-4140 , CVE-2016-4141 , CVE-2016-4142 , CVE-2016-4143 , CVE-2016-4144 , CVE-2016-4145 , CVE-2016-4146 , CVE-2016-4147 , CVE-2016-4148 , CVE-2016-4149 , CVE-2016-4150 , CVE-2016-4151 , CVE-2016-4152 , CVE-2016-4153 , CVE-2016-4154 , CVE-2016-4155 , CVE-2016-4156 , CVE-2016-4166 , CVE-2016-4171

Description

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.626 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-2016-4144, CVE-2016-4149).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-4142, CVE-2016-4143, CVE-2016-4145,
CVE-2016-4146, CVE-2016-4147, CVE-2016-4148).

This update resolves heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could
lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4135, CVE-2016-4136, CVE-2016-4138).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead
to code execution (CVE-2016-4122, CVE-2016-4123, CVE-2016-4124,
CVE-2016-4125, CVE-2016-4127, CVE-2016-4128, CVE-2016-4129, CVE-2016-4130,
CVE-2016-4131, CVE-2016-4132, CVE-2016-4133, CVE-2016-4134, CVE-2016-4137,
CVE-2016-4141, CVE-2016-4150, CVE-2016-4151, CVE-2016-4152, CVE-2016-4153,
CVE-2016-4154, CVE-2016-4155, CVE-2016-4156, CVE-2016-4166, CVE-2016-4171).

This update resolves a vulnerability in the directory search path used to
find resources that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4140).

This update resolves a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the
same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2016-4139). 

Adobe reports that an exploit for CVE-2016-4171 exists in the wild.

References

SRPMS

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