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[RESOLVED] Flash security update missing?
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:27 am
by barbaz
According to
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03 ... ution-bug/ there was a Flash vuln patched by some Flash update for version 21... but the latest Google Chrome for Linux, which is the only source of Flash versions later than 11.2.x for Linux, still bundles 20.0.0.306 which is *not* a patched Flash...
Have completely missing a newsworthy security update for Flash, or is Google Chrome's Flash simply not vulnerable to whatever that is?
Re: Flash security update missing?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:25 pm
by therube
Don't really know about Chrome, other then what, it uses (defaults) to "pepper" Flash.
And how that relates to anything else, no clue, much less if pepper in Chrome happens to not be vulnerable, then could it be (vulnerable) if used in other browsers?
Yeah, from Adobe, the latest you'll get is 11.2.202.577 (Linux)
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashpla ... tion3.html
Adobe
Security Bulletins and Advisories.
Re: Flash security update missing?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:34 pm
by barbaz
Thanks for that link, indeed Chrome's Flash IS vulnerable (on all applicable OSes) yet somehow there is no stable
update for anything other than ChromeOS?
oh well, time to look for latest Chrome beta I guess...
EDIT Got it. Chrome beta 50.0.2661.37 has the updated Flash.
Re: [RESOLVED] Flash security update missing?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 2:13 pm
by therube
Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player
Release date: April 5, 2016
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) exists in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Chrome OS. Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe is aware of reports that CVE-2016-1019 is being actively exploited on systems running Windows 10 and earlier with Flash Player version 20.0.0.306 and earlier. A mitigation introduced in Flash Player 21.0.0.182 currently prevents exploitation of this vulnerability, protecting users running Flash Player 21.0.0.182 and later.