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Adobe fixes critical flaws in Flash Player, delays Reader and Acrobat updates
2014-09-10 00:21:29| InfoWorld: Top News
Adobe Systems released a critical security update for Flash Player that fixes 12 security vulnerabilities, but pushed back its planned patches for Reader and Acrobat by a week. The Flash Player updates, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, address nine vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution and three that can allow attackers to bypass security features, including memory address randomization and the same-origin policy.
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Adobe slates critical Reader security update for Tuesday
2014-09-05 17:14:04| InfoWorld: Top News
Adobe yesterday said it would issue security updates next week for its PDF viewer Reader as well as for Acrobat, its PDF creator, to fix critical flaws in the software on Windows and Apple's OS X. But it won't be updating Flash Player, its ultra-popular media playing program. If that holds through the end of the month -- if Adobe does not have to issue an "out-of-cycle," or emergency patch -- it would be a first for 2014.
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Users should patch critical flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, researchers say
2014-08-13 15:58:57| InfoWorld: Top News
Adobe Systems has released security patches for its Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat products, addressing a total of eight vulnerabilities, including one that is being exploited by attackers. The actively exploited flaw affects Adobe Reader and was found by researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. The flaw was being used in isolated attacks, they said.
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Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player, and Illustrator
2014-05-14 14:39:46| InfoWorld: Top News
Adobe Systems released critical security updates for several products Tuesday in order to fix vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take remote control of systems running the vulnerable software. The products that received security patches were Flash Player, the Adobe AIR SDK (software development kit) and Compiler for building rich Internet applications, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Illustrator for CS6 (Creative Suite 6).
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Adobe issues critical security updates for Flash Player, Reader and Shockwave Player
2013-09-11 15:40:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Adobe released security updates for Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Shockwave Player on Tuesday to address critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of systems running vulnerable versions of those programs.
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