Adobe Fixes 23 Security Flaws in Acrobat, Reader

Adobe has issued a patch to cover 23 critical flaws in its popular Acrobat and Reader PDF-viewing programs that could lead to software crashes and remote attack .

The security update was issued Oct. 5, and affects users of Reader 9.3.4 (and earlier versions) for Windows , Macintosh and UNIX, Acrobat 9.3.4 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.4 (and earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.4 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh.

The next scheduled update for Reader and Flash was set to be Oct .12, but because of this rush-released fix, a security update will not be released for the two programs until Feb. 8, 2011.

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