Adobe releases Flash Player 9.0.151.0 after all

Adobe has released version 9.0.151.0 of Flash Player to avoid letting down those users who for certain reasons can't update to the current version 10. This includes the users of Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. According to Adobe, version 10 does not work on these systems. Adobe had initially planned to discontinue its support of the series 9 versions.

Version 9.0.151.0 closes the security holes that appeared in version 9.0.124.0 in mid October and have already been closed in version 08-11-06 10.0.12.36. The update also fixes six other vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting holes, a hole that allows DNS rebinding attacks and some processing flaws in connection with Java archives.

See also:

• Flash Player 9 for Unsupported Operating Systems, announcement by Adobe
• Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities, advisory by Adobe

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