Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0379 (flash-player-plugin)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0379: Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities 
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Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:07:26 +0200
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MGASA-2015-0379 - Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 21 Sep 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0379.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2015-5567,
     CVE-2015-5568,
     CVE-2015-5570,
     CVE-2015-5571,
     CVE-2015-5572,
     CVE-2015-5573,
     CVE-2015-5574,
     CVE-2015-5575,
     CVE-2015-5576,
     CVE-2015-5577,
     CVE-2015-5578,
     CVE-2015-5579,
     CVE-2015-5580,
     CVE-2015-5581,
     CVE-2015-5582,
     CVE-2015-5584,
     CVE-2015-5587,
     CVE-2015-5588,
     CVE-2015-6676,
     CVE-2015-6677,
     CVE-2015-6678,
     CVE-2015-6679,
     CVE-2015-6682

Description:
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.521 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-2015-5573). 

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code 
execution (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, 
CVE-2015-6682). 

This update resolves buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to 
code execution (CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6678). 

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to 
code execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, 
CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6677). 

This update includes additional validation checks to ensure that Flash 
Player rejects malicious content from vulnerable JSONP callback APIs 
(CVE-2015-5571). 

This update resolves a memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2015-5576). 

This update includes further hardening to a mitigation to defend against 
vector length corruptions (CVE-2015-5568). 

This update resolves stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to 
code execution (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5579). 

This update resolves a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code 
execution (CVE-2015-5587). 

This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to 
information disclosure (CVE-2015-5572). 

This update resolves a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the 
same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-6679).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16792
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/ap...
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5567
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5568
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5570
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5571
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5572
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5573
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5574
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5575
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5576
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5577
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5578
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5579
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5580
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5581
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5582
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5584
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5587
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5588
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6676
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6677
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6678
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6679
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6682

SRPMS:
- 5/nonfree/flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.mga5.nonfree