MGASA-2015-0109

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MGASA-2015-0109

Summary: Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerabilities

Details: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.451 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-0332, CVE-2015-0333, CVE-2015-0335, CVE-2015-0339). This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-0334, CVE-2015-0336). This update resolves a vulnerability that could lead to a cross-domain policy bypass (CVE-2015-0337). This update resolves a vulnerability that could lead to a file upload restriction bypass (CVE-2015-0340). This update resolves an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-0338). This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-0341, CVE-2015-0342). Additionally, the Flash Plugin package downloaded from Adobe is now verified using recorded sha256sum and file size instead of using insecure md5sum (mga#15229).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0109.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15480, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15229, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-05.html