[WinAppUpdates-Announcements] BES Auto Notification: New Fixlets Published in Fixlet Site: 'Updates for Windows Applications'

Wed Nov 11 05:10:37 PST 2015

Fixlet Site - 'Updates for Windows Applications'
Current Version: 849	Published: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:09:09  GMT

New Fixlets:
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Title: Flash Player 18.0.0.261 Available - Plugin-based
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091260
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of the Flash Player Plugin (18.0.0.261) for Netscape-based browsers. Use the action below to update Flash Player to the latest version. 

Important Note: If the Flash Player is running, a pop-up message may be displayed prompting the user to reboot their computer once the update is complete. The action will not complete until the prompt is closed. To prevent this behavior, you may want to deploy this action with the user constraint "Run only when no user is present" or display a message box before action execution instructing the user to shut down all web browsers before applying this update.

Important Note: Choosing the "Upgrade to Flash Player regardless of whether or not Firefox running action" will close any running instance of Firefox on the client machines. Please schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable

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Title: Flash Player 19.0.0.245 Available - Plugin-based
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091262
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of the Flash Player Plugin (19.0.0.245) for Netscape-based browsers. Use the action below to update Flash Player to the latest version. 

Important Note: If the Flash Player is running, a pop-up message may be displayed prompting the user to reboot their computer once the update is complete. The action will not complete until the prompt is closed. To prevent this behavior, you may want to deploy this action with the user constraint "Run only when no user is present" or display a message box before action execution instructing the user to shut down all web browsers before applying this update.

Important Note: Choosing the "Upgrade to Flash Player regardless of whether or not Firefox running action" will close any running instance of Firefox on the client machines. Please schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable

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Title: Flash Player 18.0.0.261 Available - Internet Explorer
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091275
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of Flash Player (18.0.0.261) for Internet Explorer. Use one of the actions below to update the Flash Player ActiveX control to the latest version. 

Important Note: There are two different installer packages for deploying this version of Flash Player ActiveX. Both will update your Flash Player to the latest version.

Important Note: Choosing the "Upgrade to Flash Player regardless of whether or not Internet Explorer is running action" will close any running instance of iexplore.exe on the client machines. Please schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable

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Title: Flash Player 19.0.0.245 Available - Internet Explorer
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091277
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of Flash Player (19.0.0.245) for Internet Explorer. Use one of the actions below to update the Flash Player ActiveX control to the latest version. 

Important Note: There are two different installer packages for deploying this version of Flash Player ActiveX. Both will update your Flash Player to the latest version.

Important Note: Choosing the "Upgrade to Flash Player regardless of whether or not Internet Explorer is running action" will close any running instance of iexplore.exe on the client machines. Please schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable

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Title: Skype 7.14.0.104 Available
Severity: Unspecified
Fixlet ID: 5055205
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Skype has released a new version of their internet telephony software. Use the action below to update Skype to the latest version (7.14.0.104). 

Important Note: The Skype update will automatically shut down all running instances of Skype. To prevent this behavior, you may want to deploy this action with the user constraint "Run only when no user is present" or display a message box before action execution instructing the user to shut down Skype before applying this update.

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Title: Google Chrome 46.0.2490.86 Available
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 14011095
Fixlet Link: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
Fixlet Link: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs

Fixlet Description: Note: This Fixlet Message is for audit purposes only. Due to the nature of the install, BigFix does not have an action for installing Google Chrome. Google has released a new version of the Chrome browser (46.0.2490.86). The listed computers have an older version of Google Chrome installed. Follow the link for the enterprise edition of 'Google Chrome 46.0.2490.86' download on this page. 

Important Note: This Fixlet will detect the existence of an outdated Google Chrome for both the consumer edition and the enterprise edition. Installing the enterprise edition of Google Chrome may not uninstall nor update the consumer edition. Additionally, problems may occur when installing the enterprise edition of Google Chrome on a computer that already has the consumer edition present. BigFix recommends that the consumer edition of Google Chrome is uninstalled before installing the enterprise edition. Fixlet message "Google Chrome - Consumer Edition Installed" (ID 14011003) can be used to uninstall the consumer edition of Google Chrome.

Important Note: If this Fixlet is still relevant after installing the latest enterprise edition of Google Chrome, the issue is most likely that the computer has an outdated consumer edition installed. Fixlet message "Google Chrome - Consumer Edition Installed" (ID 14011003) can be used to detect this condition.

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Title: Adobe AIR 19.0.0.241 Available
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 16010039
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of Adobe AIR. Use the action below to update Adobe AIR to the latest version (19.0.0.241).