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Flash Security Hole

Posted by Hemos on from the who-needs-security dept.

otterpop378 wrote to us about a From report on CNN about a new security hole in Flash. Evidently, it's pretty big, as Macromedia wants everyone to update - sounds like the sandbox isn't quite working as it should.

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  1. If you use gentoo... by JimDabell · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is already fixed in gentoo:

    emerge sync; emerge -u netscape-flash
  2. More info by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 4, Informative
    For those looking for details on the vulnerability, see MPSB03-03 Security Patch for Macromedia Flash Player.

    The short answer is that you need to upgrade to Player 6,0,79,0 (why the heck Macromedia uses commas instead of periods is beyond me).

  3. Macromedia Flash Player RPMS by Laven · · Score: 2, Informative
    http://macromedia.mplug.org

    Hi, I am the maintainer of the Macromedia Flash Player RPMS for Linux. The RPM packages have been updated a few days ago, available in apt and urpmi repositories for various Linux distributions.

    The site has instructions for Gentoo and Debian Linux installation too.