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Adobe Patches Flash Vulnerabilities

By the Betanews Staff | Published July 12, 2007, 11:56 AM

Adobe this week fixed critical vulnerabilities within its Flash Player that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. According to a company advisory, all current versions of Flash 9, 8 and 7 are affected by the problem, which relates to not validating certain input.

As a result, Adobe has released new versions of Flash for all platforms. 9.0.47.0 is the newest release for Windows and Mac, while 9.0.48.0 is available for Linux. 8.0.35.0 has also been released for Flash 8 users, in addition to a patch for users who cannot upgrade from Flash 7. More information and upgrade instructions are available from Adobe's Web site.

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hiyoag
Jul 13, 2007 - 11:32 AM

The instructions say you may have to reboot for the update to take effect.

Once you reboot you'll see v.9.0.47

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morriscox
Jul 12, 2007 - 2:21 PM

Not validating certain input? Sounds like the programmers are not up to par.

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Soozy
Jul 12, 2007 - 1:45 PM

I can't get the update. It keeps giving me an older version.

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imnra
Jul 13, 2007 - 9:07 AM

Me too..all I get is the old version! "Come on Adobe get your act together".

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mjm01010101
Jul 12, 2007 - 12:45 PM

The adobe site has been down/up for the past 24 hours after this was announced.

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horsecharles
Jul 13, 2007 - 4:04 AM

They must be patching site vulnerabilities.

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