Re: vulnerability found in Adobe PDF reader

They don't mention if it is a vulnerability or not for Linux, just that no patch was made for Adobe Reader. The fact that they offer patches for current Windows OSs and the current version of Mac OS doesn't mean that it isn't a Linux issue, just that they haven't offered a patch for it (yet?). Or maybe they never made the updated version for Linux at all and therefore didn't require to fix it?

They don't mention Windows 98 either, but that doesn't mean it isn't vulnerable, maybe they just never produced an Adobe Reader with the flaw for it.

Art


TJ wrote:
Arthur Entlich wrote:

I promise I will not become one of those annoying people who forwards every known or assumed security risk announcement I come across, but...

...being that this comes from a reliable source, and it potentially places 61% of all Windows users into a security risk, I thought I would also pass this to our group.

PDF World Update
=========================================================
1. Adobe Ships Silent Fix for Critical PDF Reader Flaw

Adobe patched a gaping code execution hole in Reader but,
inexplicably, has issued no public documentation on the risk
severity.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Adobe-Ships-Silent-Fix-for-Critical-PDF-Reader-Flaw/?kc=PZPDFEMNL021208


Art

Hmmm. No mention of a comparable fix for the Linux version of Adobe Reader 8. Must be it's not needed because the vulnerability is tied to Internet Explorer, and there is no Linux version of IE - something for which all Linux users should be profoundly grateful. Firefox is a much better browser, anyway.

TJ
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