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GLSA-201611-18 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 95269

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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-201611-18 (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.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Adobe Flash Player 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.207' All Adobe Flash Player 11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.644'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95269

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201611-18.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 11/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864, CVE-2016-7865

GLSA: 201611-18