If Microsoft is holding its monthly Patch Day, Adobe is usually included. This month, Adobe again provides a security update for the Flash Player. In the new version 14.0.0.125, the developers have closed six vulnerabilities, one of which is suitable for injecting and executing code. If successful, an attacker could gain control over the system.
Flash Player 14.0.0.125 is available for Windows and Mac. For Adobe, Adobe provides buggy version 11.2.202.378. Internet Explorer 10 and 11 on Windows 8.x will receive the Flash update from Microsoft. Google's web browser Chrome is available in the new version 35.0.1916.153, which contains the new Flash Player and fills a few more gaps. Adobe's RIA Platform (Rich Internet Application) AIR, which is based on Flash, is available in the new version 14.0.0.110 for all supported systems.
Mozilla has released its web browser Firefox in the new version 30.0. The developers have eliminated ten security gaps, some of which are critical. Also Firefox for Android is available in version 30.0. As far as applicable developers have closed the same gaps also in the new version 24.6 of the mail program Thunderbird. An update for the Websuite Seamonkey has not yet been released.
One of the few new features in Firefox is an optional button for activating the sidebars. In addition, Firefox is now implementing the announced restrictive policy towards plug-ins. This means that, aside from a few exceptions, plug-ins are not automatically activated when a web page is loaded.
Rather, the user must first click on the click ("click-to-play"). Users of the older Opera generation have known this for years. Mozilla also wants to make Webmasters less dependent on plug-ins (like Flash Player) and more to use the new possibilities offered by HTML 5.
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