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Adobe Warns of Security Flaw in Reader

Posted by Zonk on from the quick-fix dept.

isusmiley writes "Adobe Systems Inc. issued a warning on its Web site Tuesday saying that the flaw affects only the Adobe Reader versions 5.0.9, 5.0.10, which were written for the Unix computer operating system. Adobe has since posted a fix for the vulnerability on its site, and a spokesman said Wednesday he was unaware of any security breaches resulting from the software flaw, which was discovered by the security defense firm IDefense, headquartered in Reston, Va."

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  1. Just remember... by jd · · Score: 3, Informative
    There is a Layer 7 patch for Linux that will allow you to filter network traffic by application type. You should be able to use an unpatched IPTables to filter anything outbound from acroread anyway, but I'm not sure if this would catch everything that can include Acrobat internally. Either way, you can make it very very hard for Acrobat-based spyware.


    I would also suggest lobbying the UN to have Javascript declared a crime against humantiy, but that might take longer to be effective.

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