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September updates for Adobe Flash

September 22, 2015 / / 3 Comments

adobe_flash_8s600x600_2 Actually… this time “patch tuesday” came on monday for Adobe’s Flash player plugin. The company released a bulletin for updated Flash player plugins yesterday and I had my packages up in the repository before the end of monday. It was the end of a busy day that started at 03:45 no thanks to an eager TCS escalation manager who called me twice for no good reason, so I did not have energy left to write a blog post in the evening.

This post puts an end to that hiatus: I can now point you to my Slackware packages for chromium-pepperflash-plugin (to be used together with my chromium browser package) which moved up to version 19.0.0.185, while the flashplayer-plugin (for Mozilla-compatible browsers) got incremented to 11.2.202.521.

The main download locations for the Flash plugin packages are as always:

If you are using the slackpkg+ extension for slackpkg, then you just run “slackpkg update && slackpkg update flash”. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my repository RSS feed to stay informed of any updates.

Eric

August ’15 security fixes for Adobe Flash

August 12, 2015 / / 1 Comment

adobe_flash_8s600x600_2In their “tuesday is patch day” routine, Adobe released updated Flash player plugins which adddress many new vulnerabilities (as usual).

For your information: The updated Slackware package for chromium-pepperflash-plugin (to be used together with my chromium package) has version 18.0.0.233. The updated flashplayer-plugin has version 11.2.202.508.

The Chromium plugin was extracted from the official Google Chrome 44.0.2403.155 RPM which was released yesterday. New packages for my own chromium package based on the sources of that same version are being compiled at the moment… it always takes half a day for the sources to become available for download.

My download locations for the Flash plugin packages are unchanged:

If you are using the slackpkg+ extension for slackpkg, then you just run “slackpkg update && slackpkg update flash”. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my repository RSS feed to stay informed of any updates.

Eric

And finally, Adobe’s afterthought

July 16, 2015 / / 9 Comments

adobe_flash_8s600x600_2 Adobe must think Linux users are a bunch of retards. It took them several days to release an update for their legacy Flash Player plugin for Linux – took them so long actually that Mozilla decided to block Flash in their Firefox browser. Now that’s a statement.

Finally, here are the Slackware packages for flashplayer-plugin version 11.2.202.491. This version is a fix for several new zero-day exploits actively used on-line after the code leaked from the “Hacking Team” break-in, so it is urgently advised to upgrade if you are still using Flash. And even then, it appears that another zero-day exploit has been uncovered, which Adobe acknowledges in their security bulletin but for which the latest Flash release does not offer protection.

If you wonder why I don’t mention that I also created packages for the Chromium PepperFlash plugin, that’s because I released that two days ago already!

Download locations for the Flash plugins:

Eric

July ’15 Security fixes for Adobe’s Flash web plugins (extra critical)

July 8, 2015 / / 11 Comments

adobe_flash_8s600x600_2The recent hack of the “Hacking Team” -a company that makes money from creating spyware for repressive governments –  has uncovered evidence that they have been exploiting a yet unknown security hole which is present in all Adobe Flash players since version 7.  Obviously based on the  information obtained from the public dump of Hacking Team’s 400 GB Intranet data, there’s a Zero-Day exploit out there in the wild that is actively targeting computers (thanks mancha for the link). Adobe have released patched Flash player plugins today that fix this security hole and you are all urgently advised to update your flash player packages.

For your information: The updated Slackware package for chromium-pepperflash-plugin has version 18.0.0.204. The updated flashplayer-plugin has version 11.2.202.481. The Chromium plugin was taken from the Google Chrome 43.0.2357.132 RPM which was released yesterday. New packages for my own chromium package based on the sources of that same version are underway, expect those tomorrow.

Download locations for the Flash plugins:

If you are using the slackpkg+ extension for slackpkg, then you just run “slackpkg update && slackpkg update flash”. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my repository RSS feed to stay informed of any updates.

Eric

June ’15 security releases for Adobe Flash

June 10, 2015 / / 2 Comments

adobe_flash_8s600x600_2Yesterday I uploaded packages for the flashplayer-plugin and chromium-pepperflash-plugin packages, based on the latest Adobe Flash security bulletin: apsb15-11.

 

The updated Slackware package for chromium-pepperflash-plugin has version 18.0.0.160. The updated flashplayer-plugin has version 11.2.202.466.

Download locations:

Eric

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