Adobe Patches Flash Player, Reader

Not to be left out of this month’s “Patch Tuesday” festivities, Adobe has released security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player, and AIR software.

The Security Bulletin [APSB14-01] for Acrobat and Reader applies only to the Windows and Mac OS X platforms.  Adobe says the affected software versions are:

  • Adobe Reader XI (11.0.05) and earlier 11.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
  • Adobe Reader X (10.1.8) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
  • Adobe Acrobat XI (11.0.05) and earlier 11.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
  • Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.8) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh

Adobe rates the severity of the vulnerabilities addressed by this bulletin as Critical.  You can obtain the new version using the software’s built-in update mechanism (Help / Check for Updates); alternatively, you can download Reader installation packages for all platforms here.

The Security Bulletin [APSB14-02] for Flash Player and AIR applies to all platforms (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X).  Affected software versions are:

  • Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.170 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
  • Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.332 and earlier versions for Linux
  • Adobe AIR 3.9.0.1380 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
  • Adobe AIR 3.9.0.1380 and earlier versions for Android
  • Adobe AIR 3.9.0.1380 SDK and earlier versions
  • Adobe AIR 3.9.0.1380 SDK & Compiler and earlier versions

(You can check the version of Flash Player installed on your system by visiting Adobe’s About Flash Player page.)  Adobe says this is also a Critical vulnerability.  Users of Google’s Chrome browser, of of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (Versions 10 and 11) should get the new (bundled) Flash Player automatically.   Others can obtain installation packages for all platforms from Adobe’s Flash Player Download Center.   Please see the Security Bulletin for information on AIR updates.

These Adobe packages have, historically, been popular targets for attackers, because they are widely installed across different platforms.  I recommend that you update you systems as soon as you conveniently can.

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