RSSAdobe patches Reader, Acrobat and Flash
By Tim Conneally | Published November 6, 2008, 10:42 AM
On Tuesday, Adobe Systems Inc. issued patches for a five-month old vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2, and today, six critical patches were released for Flash Player 9.
JavaScript vulnerabilities in older versions of Acrobat and Reader could allow remote code execution if not properly patched. This is the fifth update to Reader this year that addresses JavaScript issues. NCircle security expert Andrew Storms told Computerworld in June that Adobe's repeated JavaScript bugs amounted to an epidemic. "Since JavaScript has been a target for so many years, why hasn't Adobe flushed out these vulnerabilities already?" he questioned.
This morning, Adobe issued critical patches for its ubiquitous Flash Player (v. 9.0.124.0), addressing issues that could lead to DNS rebinding attack, HTML injection, or potential information disclosure. Adobe has a page that tells users which version of Flash they're using, to simplify the security update process.
With all of the patches, Adobe recommends that users upgrade to the latest software versions: Adobe Reader 9, Acrobat 9, and Flash 10.
Fortunately Vista x64 comes w/o flash :)
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|Why javascript is in a document viewer was a question I was asking years ago.
This security problem will never go away, and Adobe will have a nightmare on its hands.
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|No , Because Flash ten is ****ed.
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