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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Adobe Acrobat Security Alert

Both Acrobat and Acrobat Reader have a flaw that would allow an evil .pdf file to cause a buffer overflow. The resulting crash could allow the risk of malicious code execution. Affected versions are Reader and Acrobat 5.1, 6.0 to 6.0.3, and 7.0 to 7.0.2. Users are strongly encouraged to update to the latest version of the software NOW. Use the auto update feature built into the software or visit Adobe.