Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Adobe Flash Player. For further information please consult the CVE entries and the Adobe Security Bulletins referenced below.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.1.102.64"