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Lee Drake
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08/20/2005 2:26 PM
What Is It? It's World Patch Day. :-) Adobe has discovered and patched a buffer overflow vulnerability in recent versions of the Adobe (Acrobat) Reader, which most of you probably have. Like all buffer overflows, this vulnerability could allow a malicious user to run arbitrary code on your machine. What Should I Do? You should update your copy of the Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader for Windows or Mac OS: If your version is 7.0 through 7.0.2, use the built-in automatic update feature to update the program to version 7.0.3. If you have version 5.0 up to 7.0, Adobe recommends that you upgrade to Adobe Reader 7.0.3, which you can do at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/. If you have Adobe Reader version 6.0 through 6.0.3 and cannot upgrade to the current version, 7.0.3, use the built-in automatic update facility to update to version 6.0.4 Adobe Reader for Linux and Solaris: If your version is 7.0, use the built-in automatic update feature to update the program to version 7.0.1. If you have an older version of Adobe Reader, you should download and install version 7.0.1 from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Adobe Acrobat for Windows or Mac OS: If your version is 7.0 through 7.0.2, use the built-in automatic update feature to update the program to version 7.0.3. According to Adobe, "The default installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule, and can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check For Updates Now. Alternatively, the update files can also be manually downloaded and installed from www.adobe.com/support/downloads." If your version is 6.0 through 6.0.3, use the built-in automatic update feature to update the program to version 6.0.4, or download that version from www.adobe.com/support/downloads and install it. If your version is 5.0 through 5.0.5, download version 5.0.10 from www.adobe.com/support/downloads and install it. As with most graphical programs, you can determine which version of Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat is installed on your machine by displaying the About item from the Help menu. Note: The Adobe Web site is silent with respect to older versions of Acrobat, as these versions are no longer supported. However, we are unaware of any reason that you should not upgrade to at least version 5. However, I have seen, but not verified, reports of problems with Adobe Reader version 7. References http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html is Support Knowledge Base document 321644, "Adobe Security Advisory: Acrobat and Adobe Reader Plug-In Buffer Overflow," is the source for most of the content of this bulletin. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1849382,00.asp, "Adobe Plugs Execution Holes," in the electronic edition of eWeek, is the news item that brought this issue to my attention today. This concludes this VirusWarn bulletin. David Gray P6 Consulting V: +1 (817) 896-1114 TZ: USA Central, GMT -5 E: mailto:dagray@p6c.com W: http://www.p6c.com What do you need? I'll make it happen.

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