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ALARM Group ALERT — click for a description of ALARM, The Computing Alert System Alert Number: 082205-01 Alert Date: 08/22/05 Alert Title: Buffer Overflow on Acrobat and Adobe Reader Update-to: none OS/Platform/Application: Adobe Reader 5.1, 6.0-6.0.3, 7.0-7.0.2 on all Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris platforms Adobe Acrobat 5.0-5.0.5, 6.0-6.0.3, 7.0-7.0.2 on all Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris platforms Category: ALERT Severity: LOW Attention: System Administrators, Desktop Support Personnel, Users of Adobe Reader/Acrobat |
Summary: Adobe Systems has released a security advisory that addresses a vulnerability in a core application plug-in. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in application crash and/or potential malicious code execution. At the time of this writing no known exploit for this vulnerability has been observed/reported to be circulating in the wild.Recommended Actions: The vendor has released product updates that address this vulnerability. As a preventive measure, System Administrators, Desktop Support Personnel, and Adobe Reader/Acrobat users are encouraged to read the vendor's Security Advisory page (link provided below) and (if appropriate) apply the necessary hotfix at their earliest convenience.
ITS Actions: ITS is taking no specific additional actions to address this vulnerability/product update. An update will be issued if this situation changes.
Resources:
Adobe Security Advisory
