Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Bug #173890
  2. Comment #139

Comment 139 for bug 173890

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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote : Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version?

Will Daniels: No; no 9.x version of Flash under 9.0.115.0 should be offered. Secunia (as previously linked http://secunia.com/advisories/28161/) clearly states that versions prior to 9.0.115.0, including "Flash Player 9.0.48.0 and earlier for Windows, Mac, and Linux" suffer from a "Highly critical" vulnerability that is only resolved by an "Update to version 9.0.115.0"

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE!

All copies of Flash need to be upgraded NOW; this bug has been open for far too long. If the update breaks usability in Konqueror, that is an unfortunate side-effect of a HIGHLY CRITICAL security vulnerability fix and can be dealt with as a separate bug. Such is the price users must pay for using ***proprietary software***; we cannot fix Adobe's Flash player, so Konqeror needs to be updated. The fact that the majority of *buntu users, who use Firefox, will not have any problems after the update, is a bonus.

If the Gnash plugin works in Konqueror, then that can be a temporary work-around for them until Adobe's Flash works right for Konqueror users.