Security weakness fixed in a new version of Adobe Shockwave Player - SSO-AL2009-034

30 July 2009

Software and platforms affected

The following software is affected

Adobe Shockwave Player prior to verion 11.5.0.601

for the following operating system platforms:

Windows

What is the problem?

There are bugs in the Adobe Shockwave Player software (for versions prior to version 11.5.0.601) 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).

This software is installed on your computer as a browser plug-in to display media content found on many popular web sites, including some animation and video formats. Be aware that if you use several browsers, there could be several versions of Adobe Shockwave Player on your computer. Also see the "What we recommend you do" section of this alert.

What we recommend you do

Adobe has released a new version of Shockwave Player (11.5.0.601) which fixes the security bugs. We recommend you install the latest version by visiting the following URL with your web browser:

http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

Be aware that if you use several different web browsers, you will have to visit the URL mentioned above with every browser installed on your computer.

 

Where you can find more information

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT):

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

Security Update available for Shockwave Player:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html

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