FYI,
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From: Soh Kam Yung <lugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Jul 7, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: [Slugnet] [OT] Vulnerability Flagged in Adobe Reader for Unix, Linux
To: slugnet@xxxxxxxxxxx
(http://www.pdfzone.com/article2/0,,1834488,00.asp)
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Vulnerability Flagged in Adobe Reader for Unix, Linux
By John MacKenna
July 6, 2005
Adobe Systems on Tuesday warned users of its Adobe Reader 5.0 for
Linux and Unix that a security vulnerability could leave their systems
open to remote hijacking.
The buffer overflow vulnerability is present in Versions 5.0.9 or
5.0.10 for Linux, Solaris, IBM-AIX and HP-UX, according to the
company's security alert. The Denmark-based security analyst company
Secunia rated the flaw as "highly critical," and Adobe advised users
to upgrade to more recent versions of Reader.
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