Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7 and 8

ronjor · May 8, 2008

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier versions. These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader install the 8.1.2 update and users of Acrobat 7 install the 7.1.0 update to protect themselves from potential vulnerabilities. This is an update to resolve the issues previously reported in Security Advisory APSA08-01.
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lodore · May 10, 2008

thanks Ron
apparently ive already got the lastest version.

ronjor · May 10, 2008

It can be confusing at times.

Update:

A clarification is in order here. I saw the date on this advisory (May 6), and assumed we had a new update for Adobe Reader. Turns out, that is only partly true. The vulnerabilities addressed in this update were fixed by Adobe back in February, so if you applied that patch, there is no reason to take any action here.

However, the company did not release details about those flaws at the time. This advisory changes that. More importantly, this advisory clarifies that Adobe has finally issued updates to fix these vulnerabilities for people still running version 7 of Adobe Reader. If you are running Adobe Reader 7, fixes for these eight security holes are now available.
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