Security & Privacy + Software & Apps

We reported on a serious flaw in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader a few weeks ago, and, at the time, Adobe announced that they would issue a patch “by March 11” to fix the vulnerability. Well, consider it done. Barely ahead of schedule, Adobe has release a security update for Acrobat. However, this update is only available for the current version – version 9 – of Adobe’s software.

As the vendor points out in their security bulletin, “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.”

So if you have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat or Reader, version 9, you can get your update now. If not, you’ll have to wait a week – for versions 7 or 8 – and another week for the Unix version of the software.