A new update of Adobe Flash Player for OS X has just jumped and it adds bug fixes and solutions to the new vulnerabilities found in this popular plugin. This is version 17.0.0.134 And it comes after the last update was released at the beginning of February.
In this new version some problems in the security of the tool are corrected, preventing that from a third-party computer we can access our system when we are browsing some websites, improvements in use and new functions for developers. As always from Adobe itself recommend update the plugin as soon as possible.
A short summary of these fixes:
- They resolve vulnerabilities of type determination updates that could cause code execution
- A vulnerability that could lead to political drift between web domains
- Vulnerability that could lead to a file upload restriction bypass
The total size of this update for iMac users at least is 14,9 MB and the update usually appears automatically on our Mac through a window that warns of the new version available, but if you want to check which version of Adobe Flash Player you are, you just have to access the System preferences and click on the flash icon, then heading to the top tab Advanced and in it you will see the updates section in which the version that you have installed on your machine appears that in this case it will be the old version 16.0.0.305. Remember that it is necessary to close the open search engines to carry out the installation of Adobe Flash Player.