Critical Security Update for Adobe Flash Player

Summary: Adobe released Flash Player v. 10.0.45.2 to fix two critical security holes in the browser plugin, and issued an Air update to v. 1.5.3.1930, with Windows users required to install the Flash update twice if they run a browser besides Internet Explorer. Adobe spokeswoman Wiebke Lips said the quarterly patch cycle applies only to Reader and Acrobat, and that Adobe was not aware of attackers exploiting the Flash/Air flaws or those it planned to patch in Reader and Acrobat the following Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Why it matters: The same Flash flaw also affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat, so Adobe pulled that fix out of its April quarterly cycle rather than wait - and readers on the thread reported the installer still delivered stale versions and left Secunia PSI flagging Flash as insecure after updating.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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