Adobe releases Update for Flash Player - SSO-AL2009-061

09 December 2009

Software and platforms affected

The following software is affected

Adobe Flash Player prior to version 10.0.42.34

for the following operating system platform/s:

Windows
Mac OS X
Linux

What is the problem?

There are bugs in the Adobe Flash Player software which, if not fixed, could result in your computer being attacked by criminals. Your personal and/or business information may be accessed for fraudulent or illegal purposes (eg, identity theft). Criminals have been attacking computers with affected versions of this software.

This software is installed on your computer as a browser plug-in to display “flash” content found on many popular web sites. Flash content includes some animation and video formats, such as those found on the video site YouTube.com.

What we recommend you do

The problem can be easily fixed by updating to the latest version of Adobe Flash software from:

http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer

Please note that if you have more than one web browser installed on your computer it is recommended to update the Adobe Flash Player for each browser. This is done by connecting to the Adobe web site separately using each browser. 

Where you can find more information

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT):

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/

Adobe - Security Bulletins: APSB09-19 Security Updates available for Adobe Flash Player:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html

To verify your existing Adobe Flash Player version number visit:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/

This will also tell you if Adobe Flash Player is installed for the particular browser you use.  If you have more than one browser installed, eg, Windows Internet Explorer and Safari or Mozilla Firefox, etc, repeat this process using each browser.  If the Adobe Flash Player plug-in is not installed in your Mozilla Firefox browser, it will say that "additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page".  You do not need to install the plug-in for Adobe Flash Player unless you wish to do so.

 

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