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Security Update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2
Release date: June 23, 2008

Affected software versions:

Adobe Reader 8.0 through 8.1.2
Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier
Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.0 through 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 7.0.9 and earlier

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Adobe categorizes this as an critical issue and recommends affected users update their installations.


Full details and update instructions for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat available at the Adobe web site:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bull.../apsb08-15.html