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Adobe Flash Player -- critical vulnerabilities

Affected packages
linux-c6-flashplugin < 11.2r202.466
linux-f10-flashplugin < 11.2r202.466

Details

VuXML ID d02f6b01-1a3f-11e5-8bd6-c485083ca99c
Discovery 2015-06-23
Entry 2015-06-24

Adobe reports:

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. These updates address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-3113) that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Adobe is aware of reports that CVE-2015-3113 is being actively exploited in the wild via limited, targeted attacks. Systems running Internet Explorer for Windows 7 and below, as well as Firefox on Windows XP, are known targets.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-3113
URL https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-14.html