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Current Activity - Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:53:20 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 US-CERT Current Activity Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat Original release date: December 8, 2011 at 9:29 am Last revised: December 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm Adobe has released a Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address a vulnerability affecting the following software versions: * Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh * Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix * Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh * Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or take control of the affected system. Adobe also states that using Adobe Reader X Protected Mode and Adobe Acrobat X Protected View would prevent an exploit of this vulnerability. Adobe has indicated in their advisory that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. UPDATE: Adobe has released an update to address these vulnerability in Adobe Security Bulletin APSB11-30 for the following software. * Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows * Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulletin ASPA11-04 and APSB11-30 for additional information. More information regarding this vulnerability can be found on the US-CERT vulnerability note VU#759307. US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. Relevant Url(s): <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-30.html> <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/759307> <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.html> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#adobe_releases_updates_for_adobe1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBTuu9xT/GkGVXE7GMAQLghQf+J2+QrDc8h09n9JNsNj7/sm70+lHK6cxq VjYf9/M5lpXLcG60fyG9lyUoSxi9b+C97noKqjaiF28J0eNGVtyqmOero4LxE8Cb pDl/ilYtB5VbXVFs633zMoGTB0fW6rFh/Tn5aKqPvGSLezboERs3kmbjgOgokG+O LVGglqv8sihxC64yeViI3YBpnxDmSlUBxFvUL+MuD7DhcO5wC/y/VYX3MhAYQ0CA 3jFuM4QLVh3Do7LrP19pwg8XduWabKJiWQiX6mjyxvfIELZQpph8ddMnBe7LWLjA YeWX0toPeQ9WAwK+LujWaD7KmqQF09KO566LON+uDpdg0TixTaTfVA== =fXbm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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