atw: Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7, 8 & 9
- From: Stuart Burnfield <slb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Austechwriter <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, WAustechwriters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:42:31 +0900 (WST)
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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