More Adobe security updates

Adobe on Wednesday issued updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7 and 8 for Windows and Mac that address a buffer overflow vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. The long-awaited updates for version 9 were issued last week. Users are advised to update to Acrobat and Reader versions 9.1, 8.1.4, or 7.1.1. Adobe said it plans to release updates for Unix by March 24. — AM

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