ID

VAR-201411-0393

CVE

CVE-2014-8442

TITLE

Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Vulnerabilities whose integrity level is low to medium

DESCRIPTION

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to complete a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity by leveraging incorrect permissions. Remote attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Security flaws exist in several Adobe products. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 21, 2014 Bugs: #525430, #529088 ID: 201411-06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Background ========== The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 11.2.202.418 >= 11.2.202.418 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.418" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2014-0558 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0558 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0564 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0564 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0569 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0569 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-0573 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0573 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0574 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0574 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0576 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0576 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-0577 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0577 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-0581 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0581 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-0582 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0582 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-0583 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0583 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-0584 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0584 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-0585 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0585 [ 13 ] CVE-2014-0586 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0586 [ 14 ] CVE-2014-0588 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0588 [ 15 ] CVE-2014-0589 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0589 [ 16 ] CVE-2014-0590 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0590 [ 17 ] CVE-2014-8437 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8437 [ 18 ] CVE-2014-8438 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8438 [ 19 ] CVE-2014-8440 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8440 [ 20 ] CVE-2014-8441 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8441 [ 21 ] CVE-2014-8442 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8442 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-06.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

permissions and access control

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Behrang Fouladi and Axel Souchet of Microsoft Vulnerability Research

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2024-11-23T21:02:48.851000+00:00

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