Adobe Reader and Acrobat Update 9.1

[Airbot]

Security Updates available for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9

Release date: March 10, 2009
Vulnerability identifier: APSB09-03
CVE number: CVE-2009-0658
Platform: All Platforms
Summary

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited.
Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9 update to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1. Adobe is planning to make available updates for Adobe Reader 7 and 8, and Acrobat 7 and 8, by March 18. In addition, Adobe plans to make available Adobe Reader 9.1 for Unix by March 25.

source: Adobe

 

[echrada]

Thanks Aaron.

 

[Romulinx2]

Great, thanks Aaron.

 

[garysgold]

Thank, Aaron.

 

[petejk]

I'd installed 9.0 by extracting the setup files from the installation package using Extracting the Adobe Reader 9 MSI installer for enterprise deployment

9.1 installed straight over the top without a manual extraction required.

Must have been tested with a Windows 7 build

 

[Ex_Brit]

Interestingly I had v9.0 installed and clicked on Updates. It only offered a language pack. I then uninstalled and reinstalled 9.1 from the website.

 

[wguimb]

It's about time Adobe addressed this vulnerability. At first they said they were going to wait until April or May to provide a fix. But there was a lot of publicity about it. Thanks for the news!

 

[Deathsink]

Did anyone else have a problem with the UAC (on Vista) when they first installed Adobe? Every time I opened a web page, the UAC popped up, asking for confirmation to run the "getPlus" Adobe program. I closed my browser (FF) and reopened and everything seems to be normal again, but I felt like I should put this out there.

 

[kyoabc]

yes , i did ,then i closed the UAC.

 

[THEGriffkilah50]

thanx aaron gonna check for more vunerabilities

 

[DiamondNRG]

The next time Adobe finds an error they should scrape the whole thing. They have bloated Reader so much that it defeats its own purpose! Acrobat is a pig as well, but at least that isn't as much as offensive as a 50MB reader!

 

[Ex_Brit]

Well there are much smaller pdf readers out there, and creators for that matter.