Adobe Flash Player critical security issue

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Adobe Flash Player critical security issue

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No solution before next week. So be careful.


http://www.adobe.com/support/security/a ... 11-01.html
"This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0609) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system."

"Severity rating
Adobe categorizes this as a critical issue."
Affected software versions

Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier for Android
The Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

NOTE: Adobe Reader 9.x for UNIX, Adobe Reader for Android, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x are not affected by this issue.
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