A
critical
vulnerability
has been
identified
in Adobe
Reader
9.1 and
Acrobat
9.1 and
earlier
versions.
This
vulnerability
(CVE-2009-1492)
would
cause
the
application
to crash
and
could
potentially
allow an
attacker
to take
control
of the
affected
system.
As of
June 4,
2009,
there
are
reports
that
this
issue is
being
exploited.
A second
vulnerability
has also
been
reported
that
appears
to
affect
Adobe
Reader
for UNIX
only
(CVE-2009-1493).
Adobe
recommends
users of
Adobe
Reader
9.1 and
Acrobat
9.1 and
earlier
versions
update
to Adobe
Reader
9.1.1
and
Acrobat
9.1.1.
Adobe
recommends
users of
Acrobat
8 update
to
Acrobat
8.1.5,
and
users of
Acrobat
7 update
to
Acrobat
7.1.2.
For
Adobe
Reader
users
who
can’t
update
to Adobe
Reader
9.1.1,
Adobe
has
provided
the
Adobe
Reader
8.1.5
and
Adobe
Reader
7.1.2
updates.
Adobe
Reader
The
above
information
was
taken
from
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-06.html.
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Adobe
Systems
Incorporated.
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rights
reserved.
