516167 - detect-flash.js should not warn users for Flash Player 9.0.246.0 (latest secure Flash v9)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, defect, P1)

Description

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Need to update the script to not warn if users have Flash Player version 9.0.246.0 which is apparently the latest secure version.

Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

maybe we can still warn them about stability gains of moving to the latest version but not make the security claim?

Comment 2

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

That's not true - there are 10.x versions that are vulnerable, no?

Comment 3

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

9.x and 10.x are separate branches.

Comment 4

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

From http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html --

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 9.x and 10.x and earlier versions update to Adobe Flash Player 9.0.246.0 and 10.0.32.18.  Adobe recommends users of Adobe AIR version 1.5.1 and earlier versions update to Adobe AIR 1.5.2. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions update to Adobe Reader 9.1.3 and Acrobat 9.1.3.

Comment 6

[raymond [:retornam] (inactive)]

Attachment: Flash 10.0.r32 on Mac 0S X (version 10.4.11 ) Dual 1.8 GHz PPC G5

I was able to upgrade the flash version from 9 to 10.0.r32 on a PPC powered
Mac.

Comment 7

[Wolfgang Rosenauer [:wolfiR]]

The fact that Flash 10 might be available for PPC doesn't change anything (but probably the subject of the bug).
Is this going to be fixed at some point?

If not, we are forced to change the homepage_override and _welcome urls in the default configuration to not confuse the users.

Comment 8

[Micah Gersten]

This is affecting us on Ubuntu Hardy since we have the latest secure 9.x in the archive which is now 9.0.277, would it be possible to have the flash versions check to see if the first 2 numbers match a supported version (i.e. 9.0 and 10.1, not 10.0) and then check the last number?

Comment 9

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

Is 9.x still getting patched?

Comment 10

[Kohei Yoshino]

9.x is no longer supported.
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html