Adobe, Microsoft Ready Patches for Next Week.
Adobe, Microsoft Ready
Patches for Next Week.
Adobe Systems is
planning to release an update coinciding with Microsoft Patch Tuesday to fix
critical vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
The security updates will
plug issues in Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.0) and earlier versions for
Windows and Macintosh, as well as Adobe Reader 9.5.1 and earlier 9.x versions
for Linux. The company offered no further details of the bugs, and stated that
none of the vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild. The same could not
be said however of reported vulnerabilities affecting ColdFusion 10, 9.0.2,
9.0.1 and 9.0 for Windows, UNIX and Macs that are being exploited by attackers.
"We are currently
evaluating the reports and plan to issue a security advisory as soon as we have
determined mitigation guidance for ColdFusion customers and a timeline for a
fix," the company said.
The Adobe update for Acrobat
and Reader will come the same day as Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update, which is
slated to includes fixes for Microsoft Windows, the .NET Framework, Microsoft
Server Software, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Developer Tools. All totaled,
seven bulletins are being prepped for users. Just two however are considered
'Critical,' Microsoft's most severe security rating.
"While the 2013 Patch
season doesn’t kick off with any shocking developments, it does offer a few
interesting elements that administrators should be aware of," said Alex
Horan, senior product manager, CORE Security. "Bulletins 1 and 2 dealing
with remote code execution have been flagged as critical and will likely
receive the lion’s share of attention. Yet to me, Bulletin 5 may end up being
the most significant as it targets Vista SP 2, Server 2008 and Windows 7. This
has the potential for the most long-term issues as it represents an extremely
large base of potential targets if it is not rectified properly."
Both the Microsoft and Adobe
for Reader and Acrobat updates are slated to be released Jan. 8.
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