Adobe patches critical Shockwave bugs

Adobe patches critical Shockwave bugs
Adobe Systems has issued updates for Shockwave 11.5.2.602 and earlier on the Windows and Mac operating systems aimed at patching serious security bugs with the player. The bugs could potentially allow malicious code to be executed on computers that use the software. The integer overflow and buffer overflow flaws are fixed by an upgrade that Adobe is strongly urging all of its users to install.

It estimates that ShockWave has been installed on over 450 million Internet-enabled Desktops. In order to install a newer version of the Shockwave player however, users need to manually uninstall the older vulnerable version of the software, reboot and then install the newer version. Other Adobe products use automatic update utilities to get newer versions, which will ensure a much higher rate of patching then manual installation.



The update will install Shockwave v11.5.6.606.

More info: http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/

Written by: James Delahunty @ 20 Jan 2010 20:00
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  • 3 comments

  • embo22000

    wtf aaaahhhhhhhhhh

    20.1.2010 23:05 #1

  • fgamer

    Good Afterdawn post stuff like this because I wouldn't even thought to update my shockwave player from the vulnerable version.

    21.1.2010 06:05 #2

  • borhan9

    this will be on my to do list for sure this weekend

    22.1.2010 02:42 #3

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