Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

[Randy Knobloch]

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Summary:
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 (CVE-2009-0658).

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9 update to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 update to Acrobat 8.1.4, and users of Acrobat 7 update to Acrobat 7.1.1. For Adobe Reader users who can't update to Adobe Reader 9.1, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.1.4 and Adobe Reader 7.1.1 updates.

These updates resolve the issue from Security Advisory APSA09-01 and Security Bulletin APSB09-03. Users who have previously updated to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 for Windows and Macintosh need not take any action. Adobe now plans to make available Adobe Reader 9.1 and Adobe Reader 8.1.4 for Unix by March 24.
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More Info >
<http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html>

 

[robinb]

thanks for the heads up-randy
I just clicked on check for updates in adobe 8.1.3 and it had the security
fix there and I updated. I checked in add/remove programs to make sure I
only had one adobe 8 version, which I did. It only had a sub for the kb
update fix.
robin

 

[JJ]

Thanks for the heads up from me as well Randy. I had updated to the 9 about a
month ago, as I accidentally messed up and deleted the previous one. Don't
ask, I do weird things at times. LOL

Only thing that amazed me was all the extra stuff that came with 9, like
Air, flash player, dictionary etc. and am wondering if they need to be in the
pk. I seriously have no idea what they are used for, but if they go with the
pk. guess it is ok to leave it? I have Media player, lastest version, so not
sure what this one is for. I'm not about to delete anything, God knows I
don't need to mess anything else up.

Thanks again....JJ