Adobe still providing buggy PDF reader
At Computerworld, Gregg Keizer reports that Adobe is still providing an unsafe version of its PDF reader at its download site:
Adobe delivers an out-of-date version of Reader to users who download the popular application from its Web site, a security company warned today.
The edition Adobe currently offers includes at least 14 security vulnerabilities that have been patched by the company in the last two months.
Danish vulnerability tracking vendor Secunia first noticed that Adobe was offering an outdated Reader when users of its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) utility — which scans Windows PCs for unpatched applications — started complaining when the tool said they were running a vulnerable version, even though they had just downloaded the PDF viewer.
The buggy version is 9.1; the latest version is 9.12. If you use Adobe PDF reader make sure you have an updated version.
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