atw: Re: Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7, 8 & 9

This bug featured recently on my email list about the latest threats. It was 
listed as critical – which means a lot to the people who read that as part of 
their jobs. So probably not a bad idea to update. I waited for the people to do 
it at Siemens which has been done and the updates take a couple of minutes, but 
you need to do them all. Unusually for Adobe, the updates actually don’t crash 
the computer, so they have been properly tested for a change.

 

Regards;

Warren

 

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Burnfield
Sent: Friday, 20 March 2009 11:43
To: Austechwriter; WAustechwriters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7, 8 & 9

 

Adobe released patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat yesterday. 
These sound a little more serious than the run-of-the-mill bug-fix:

 "Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9 
 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. These vulnerabilities would 
 cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an 
 attacker to take control of the affected system. There are 
 reports that one of these issues is being exploited..."

Easiest way to install the patch is Help > Check for Updates. 
The Acrobat patch will probably require a reboot.

More info: 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html

Stuart

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