Advisories ยป MGASA-2016-0315

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 Sep 2016
Modification date: 21 Sep 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-4271 , CVE-2016-4272 , CVE-2016-4274 , CVE-2016-4275 , CVE-2016-4276 , CVE-2016-4277 , CVE-2016-4278 , CVE-2016-4279 , CVE-2016-4280 , CVE-2016-4281 , CVE-2016-4282 , CVE-2016-4283 , CVE-2016-4284 , CVE-2016-4285 , CVE-2016-4287 , CVE-2016-6921 , CVE-2016-6922 , CVE-2016-6923 , CVE-2016-6924 , CVE-2016-6925 , CVE-2016-6926 , CVE-2016-6927 , CVE-2016-6929 , CVE-2016-6930 , CVE-2016-6931 , CVE-2016-6932

Description

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.635 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 an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-4287). 

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921,
CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6929,
CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, CVE-2016-6932). 

This update resolves security bypass vulnerabilities that could lead to
information disclosure (CVE-2016-4271, CVE-2016-4277, CVE-2016-4278). 

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2016-4274, CVE-2016-4275, CVE-2016-4276,
CVE-2016-4280, CVE-2016-4281, CVE-2016-4282, CVE-2016-4283, CVE-2016-4284,
CVE-2016-4285, CVE-2016-6922, CVE-2016-6924).

References

SRPMS

5/nonfree