Adobe Reader 8.1.3 (Linux / Sparc Solaris) Released

[Garry Burgess]

Thanks for pointing this out.  I followed your advice.  I'm using it on
Intrepid, so I'll know if there are any problems.



On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:35 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> For those using Adobe Reader 8.1.2 you should update to 8.1.3 as 8.1.2
> has several critcal security issues [1]. You can easily do this on Hardy
> (I don't have intrepid installed to test on) by downloading the .deb
> version from:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
> or better yet, use gwget or wget to get it from the ftp site:
> ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/8.x/8.1.3/enu/
>
> Once downloaded, use Synaptic to remove the Ubuntu/Medibuntu version of
> acroread, then open Nautilus & double-click on the
> AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i386.deb file to install. You can of course use
> dpkg from the terminal (sudo dpkg -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i386.deb),
> but it's just as easy to use Nautilus.
>
> That's it. Added note: the first thing that I generally do w/AR is turn
> off internet access & javascript etc., but your mileage may vary.
>
> [1] References:
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
> [Security Bulletin]
> http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb407016
> [Release notes]
> http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/
> [Announcement]
>
>
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