You can get the .msi from the .exe file: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404146
- Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] >Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:39 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws > >The patch is out. It's an update from 9.0 to 9.1. My question is >whether or not they're going to provide another download to give us >separate files for Adobe Air and Reader. Right now, the full download >of the update only provides one install, which includes both. You can >get just the reader install from the FTP site, but it is an .exe, not >.msi... > >Joe Heaton >Employment Training Panel > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] >Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:22 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws > >It's March 11 already in most of the world and no Adobe patch yet. (I >know, >they're hardly awake in CA yet and why should I be surprised that Adobe >can't automate something as simple putting a new version online.) > >Carl > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike French [mailto:mike.fre...@theequitybank.com] >Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:14 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws > >Just an FYI: > >March 9, Computerworld - (International) Foxit PDF viewer open to >attack, say researchers. Security researchers on March 9 warned of >several vulnerabilities in Foxit, a free PDF document viewer that has >been recommended as an alternative to Adobe Reader, which currently >contains an unpatched critical bug of its own. Foxit Software Co. >patched its namesake on March 9 to plug three holes. One of the three >vulnerabilities is in the same JBIG2 image compression format fingered >by researchers last month as the root of the bug in Adobe System Inc.'s >popular Reader and Acrobat applications. The flaw in Adobe's software, >which has been exploited by hackers since at least early January, will >not be patched until March 11, according to Adobe's schedule. The Foxit >and Adobe bugs are unrelated, however, except for the fact that they are >both in the code that parses JBIG2 images, said the chief technology >officer at Secunia, the Danish company that reported the flaw to Foxit. >"It is a completely different vulnerability related to JBIG2," he said >in an e-mail on March 9. It was Adobe's confirmation of its bug that >prompted Secunia researchers to dig into other PDF viewers. "We did, >however, start the research in Foxit out of curiosity based on the Adobe >vulnerability, and discovered this new vulnerability," the chief >technology officer said. Secunia reported the bug to Foxit on February >27. The remaining two bugs in Foxit were reported February 18 by Core >Security Technologies, a developer of penetration testing software. One >of the vulnerabilities can trigger a buffer overflow, while the other >could be used by attackers to circumvent security warnings. > > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
