Adobe Flash Player: Arbitrary code execution — GLSA 202006-09

A flaw in Adobe Flash Player may allow local or remote attacker(s) to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

www-plugins/adobe-flash on all architectures
Affected versions < 32.0.0.387
Unaffected versions >= 32.0.0.387

Background

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

Description

An unspecified flaw has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.

Impact

This flaw can be exploited by attackers for remote code execution.

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 --verbose
 ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-32.0.0.387"
 

References

Release date
June 13, 2020

Latest revision
June 13, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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