Security News Adobe Patches Security Holes in Flash Player, Acrobat, and Reader

[LASER_oneXM]

Moments ago, Adobe released its monthly security bulletins and this month the company addressed security flaws in products such as Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Experience Manager (enterprise CMS), and Adobe Digital Editions (e-book reader).

In total, Adobe fixed 81 security flaws, broken down as follows: 2 in Flash, 67 in Acrobat and Reader, 3 in Experience Manager, and 9 in Digital Editions.

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address vulnerabilities rated Critical and Important that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. The latest Adobe Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC (Continuous Track) version is now 2017.012.20093, while the latest Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC (Classic Track) is now 2015.006.30352. The latest Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader 2017 versions are now 2017.011.30059. The latest Acrobat XI and Reader XI version is now 11.0.21.

 

[Weebarra]

Wow, 81 security flaws. That's a lot, surely the people at Adobe should never have let it get so bad in the first place.

 

[Fritz]

You surely jest, this is the typical monthly message from Adobe—it's been a regular dèja vu for about as long as their virus collectors exist.

 

[DJ Panda]

Well beter update my old HP laptop. I think it has Acrobat or something...