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security update for Adobe Flash Player

Number: AV17-188
Date: 12 December 2017

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to recently released security update for Adobe Flash Player.

Assessment

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address a regression that could lead to the unintended reset of the global settings preference file.

Affected software versions:

  • Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 27.0.0.187 and earlier versions Windows, Macintosh
  • Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome 27.0.0.187 and earlier versions Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS 
  • Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 27.0.0.187 and earlier versions Windows 10 and 8.1
  • Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 27.0.0.187 and earlier versions Linux

CVE Reference:  CV-2017-11305

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-42.html

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