From ${URL} : Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player Release date: January 13, 2015 Vulnerability identifier: APSB15-01 Priority: See table below CVE number: CVE-2015-0301, CVE-2015-0302, CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0305, CVE-2015-0306, CVE-2015-0307, CVE-2015-0308, CVE-2015-0309 Platform: All Platforms Summary Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions: Users of the Adobe Flash Player desktop runtime for Windows and Macintosh should update to Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.257. Users of the Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release should update to Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.260. Users of Adobe Flash Player for Linux should update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.429. @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Arch teams, please test and mark stable: =www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.429 Targeted stable KEYWORDS : amd64 x86
amd64 stable
x86 stable. Maintainer(s), please cleanup. Security, please add it to the existing request, or file a new one.
CVE-2015-0309 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0309): Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0304. CVE-2015-0308 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0308): Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. CVE-2015-0307 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0307): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors. CVE-2015-0306 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0306): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0303. CVE-2015-0305 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0305): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion." CVE-2015-0304 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0304): Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0309. CVE-2015-0303 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0303): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0306. CVE-2015-0302 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0302): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow attackers to obtain sensitive keystroke information via unspecified vectors. CVE-2015-0301 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0301): Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 do not properly validate files, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.
GLSA has been drafted and ready for peer review.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201502-02 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-02.xml by GLSA coordinator Mikle Kolyada (Zlogene).
