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Yet another security flaw surfaces in Adobe Reader
It hasn't been the best couple of weeks for Adobe Reader.First there was the advice from F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen to stop using Reader and switch to an alternative. Now there's word of a new security flaw that is known to affect versions 8.14 and 9.1 for Linux and could also affect other versions of the program on other operating systems.
The exploit takes advantage of the javascript getAnnots() function in Reader and could, as with its predecessor, allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.
Even the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is on the case. They advise temporarily disabling javascript as an intermediate fix:
"To disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader, open the General Preferences dialog box. From the Edit-Preferences-JavaScript menu, un-check Enable Acrobat JavaScript."Adobe has acknowledged the problem in a blog post, though it states nothing more than "we know about it, and we'll have an update once we get more information." Security is serious business. Let's hope Adobe jumps to the pump this time and promptly issues a patch.
[via CNet]
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