new plugin for FF?[solved]

[oldbiddie]

I run M4 and so far no problems with plugins but today, FF keeps telling me I run an old version of Adobe Flash and asks me at each page if I want to allow the ´old´ vulnerable version. A bit of a pain. I don´t think I missed any Mageia updates but is there a safe upgrade? TIA

[doktor5000]

It may be helpful if you would post which version is installed currently.
For the general issue please see viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8798

Please post the output of

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rpm -qa | grep flash
urpmq --list-media active --list-url

[doktor5000]

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[ms@localhost ~]$  rpm -qa | grep flash
flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.440-1.1.mga4.nonfree
kipi-plugins-flashexport-3.5.0-3.2.mga4


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[ms@localhost ~]$ urpmq --list-media active --list-url
Core Release cdrom://x86_64/media/core
Nonfree Release cdrom://x86_64/media/nonfree
Core Release (distrib1) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/core/release
Core Updates (distrib3) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/core/updates
Nonfree Release (distrib11) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Updates (distrib13) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates
Tainted Release (distrib21) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/tainted/release
Tainted Updates (distrib23) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/x86_64/media/tainted/updates
Core 32bit Release (distrib31) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/core/release
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/core/updates
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/nonfree/updates
Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/tainted/release
Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42) rsync://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/4/i586/media/tainted/updates


[doktor5000]

What does a check at adobe flash test site say about the version?
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb ... eo-or.html

Also, if you enable the flash plugin in the warning dialog, does it work normally?

Please also show the output of

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grep -C2 -i flashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/pluginreg.dat

[oldbiddie]

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PLUGINS]
libflashplayer.so:$
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so:$
11.2.202.440:$
1422295228000:0:0:0:$
[ms@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep flash


the plugin works well when I enable it

[jiml8]

I am having the same problem, both in Mageia and in my OpenSUSE 13.2 virtual machine. I think a recent update of flashplayer triggered it. I have the 11.2.202.440 version running and the current latest version listed on the Adobe site is 442.

[oldbiddie]

That was quick! thank you. just downloaded the new upgrade and all is well

[doktor5000]

I am having the same problem, both in Mageia and in my OpenSUSE 13.2 virtual machine. I think a recent update of flashplayer triggered it.

Nope, it was an update of firefox that became more strict regarding the blocklists. See https://ml.mageia.org/wwsympa-wrapper.f ... 00019.html
This is also being discussed upstream on the mozilla enterprise workg group mailing list https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise
... sadly only available to subscribers, but I can go through the recent mails, although there's hasn't been a real solution I think.

One issue was when flash plugin (or any other plugin) was updated when firefox was running, pluginreg.dat might still show an outdated version and hence firefox would be confused.
Simply deleting pluginreg.dat when firefox is not running would help with that particular problem, as firefox recreates this one every start if not existent.

[doktor5000]

I have the 11.2.202.440 version running and the current latest version listed on the Adobe site is 442.

See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p796
There are several ways to workaround or suppress the warning about outdated plugins, but in general I'd disregard disabling this for obvious security reasons.
Easier way would be to use chrome's pepperflash plugin together with freshplayerplugin so you can use it in firefox: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8568

FWIW, this is the related upstream bugreport where also the issue with pluginreg.dat was mentioned:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109795

[oldcodger]

I have run urpmi --auto-update and there was an update for flash_player plugin...