MGASA-2015-0444

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MGASA-2015-0444

Summary: Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerability

Details: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.548 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 a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-7659). This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability that could be exploited to write arbitrary data to the file system under user permissions (CVE-2015-7662). This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, CVE-2015-8046).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0444.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17127