flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-17

Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.171 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability during internal computation caused by multiple display object mask manipulations. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution...

Linux ASLR mmap weakness: Reducing entropy by half

A bug in Linux ASLR implementation has been found. The issue is that the mmap base address for processes is not properly randomized on some architectures due to an improper bit-mask manipulation. Affected systems have reduced the mmap area entropy of the processes by half. The number of possible...