Update – The Adobe flash update is scheduled to be released on Thursday, Nov 4
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/adobe-accelerates-patch-schedule-critical-flash-bug-110210
A new version of Adobe Flash is now available. It is version 10.1.102.64
A zero day vulnerability has been identified for Adobe Reader/Acrobat and Flash player. Recommendation for mitigation for AgriLife Customers include not opening PDF files from unknown sources. Flash content with unknown origins and or on web pages not maintained by TAMU or AgriLife should also be avoided.
A patch should be available during the week of November 15 for Reader/Acrobat and by November 9 for Flash. This page will be updated when a patch is released.
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-05.html
Summary
A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems; Adobe Flash Player 10.1.95.2 and earlier versions for Android; and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems, and Adobe Acrobat 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
This vulnerability (CVE-2010-3654) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x. Adobe is not currently aware of attacks targeting Adobe Flash Player.
We are in the process of finalizing a fix for the issue and expect to provide an update for Flash Player 10.x for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Android by November 9, 2010. We expect to make available an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions during the week of November 15, 2010.
Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Release date: October 28, 2010
Vulnerability identifier: APSA10-05
CVE number: CVE-2010-3654
Platform: All Platforms
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x – Windows
Deleting, renaming, or removing access to the authplay.dll file that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x mitigates the threat for those products, but users will experience a non-exploitable crash or error message when opening a PDF file that contains Flash (SWF) content.
The authplay.dll that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows is typically located at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll for Adobe Reader or C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\authplay.dll for Acrobat.
Adobe Reader 9.x – Macintosh
1) Go to the Applications->Adobe Reader 9 folder.
2) Right Click on Adobe Reader.
3) Select Show Package Contents.
4) Go to the Contents->Frameworks folder.
5) Delete or move the AuthPlayLib.bundle file.
Acrobat Pro 9.x – Macintosh
1) Go to the Applications->Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro folder.
2) Right Click on Adobe Acrobat Pro.
3) Select Show Package Contents.
4) Go to the Contents->Frameworks folder.
5) Delete or move the AuthPlayLib.bundle file.
Adobe Reader 9.x – UNIX
1) Go to installation location of Reader (typically a folder named Adobe).
2) Within it browse to Reader9/Reader/intellinux/lib/ (for Linux) or Reader9/Reader/intelsolaris/lib/ (for Solaris).
3) Remove the library named “libauthplay.so.0.0.0.”