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Fix Security Flaws in Acrobat and Adobe Reader
Adobe has released a patch for security holes in both Acrobat 9.1 and Adobe Reader 9.1. Downloading it now is recommended.
Written on May 14, 2009
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A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions. The bug, codenamed CVE-2009-1492, causes the application to crash and could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. A second vulnerability has also been reported that appears to affect Adobe Reader for UNIX only (codename CVE-2009-1493).
Adobe recommends that you update to Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and Acrobat 9.1.1. To download the patch and read more about the problem, see the Adobe security bulletin.
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