MGASA-2016-0134

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MGASA-2016-0134

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

Details: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.616 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 hardens a mitigation against JIT spraying attacks that could be used to bypass memory layout randomization mitigations (CVE-2016-1006). This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1015, CVE-2016-1019). This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017, CVE-2016-1031). This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1032, CVE-2016-1033). This update resolves a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1018). This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-1030). This update resolves a vulnerability in the directory search path used to find resources that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1014). Adobe reports that CVE-2016-1019 is already being actively exploited on Windows systems.

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0134.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18158, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html