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Adobe piggybacks on Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Adobe's first ever quarterly patch for the Reader and Acrobat product lines is set for June 9, the same day Microsoft is scheduled to deliver its batch of security updates.As previously announced, Adobe plans to deliver security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.

Written by Ryan Naraine, Contributor June 5, 2009 at 2:28 a.m. PT

Adobe's first ever quarterly patch for the Reader and Acrobat product lines is set for June 9, the same day Microsoft is scheduled to deliver its batch of security updates.

As previously announced, Adobe plans to deliver security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x for Windows and Macintosh on Tuesday, June 9.

[ SEE: Adobe plans quarterly Patch Day for Reader/Acrobat fixes ]

From Adobe's PSIRT team:

Adobe considers this a critical update and recommends users be prepared to apply the update for their product installations. Details of where to download updates will be posted to Adobe’s Security Bulletins and Advisories support page on June 9.

Details regarding security updates for the UNIX platform will be communicated when available.

The new quarterly patch release schedule will not include fixes for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Air or other software products.

Adobe is also working on code hardening and security incident response process improvements.

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