Security update for flash-player

SUSE Security Update: Security update for flash-player
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0290-1
Rating: critical
References: #865021
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update of Adobe Flash Player fixes the following
    issues:

    * A stack overflow vulnerability that could have
    resulted in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0498)
    * A memory leak vulnerability that could have been used
    to defeat memory address layout randomization.
    (CVE-2014-0499)
    * A double free vulnerability that could have resulted
    in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0502)

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2014-0498
    >
    * CVE-2014-0499
    >
    * CVE-2014-0502
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-flash-player-8922

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 11.2.202.341]:
    • flash-player-11.2.202.341-0.3.1
    • flash-player-gnome-11.2.202.341-0.3.1
    • flash-player-kde4-11.2.202.341-0.3.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0498.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0499.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0502.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/865021
    • http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6003a7ba1dd825daf2236b54355b2495