Adobe Systems Inc. has shipped an emergency security update to fix a critical flaw in its
Flash Player software that is currently being exploited in active attacks. The exploits so far appear to target
Microsoft Windows users, but updates also are available for
Mac and
Linux versions of Flash.
The Flash update brings the media player to
v. 13.0.0.206 on Windows and Mac systems, and
v. 11.2.202.356 for Linux users. To see which version of Flash you have installed, check
this link.