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Current Activity - Foxit Releases Foxit Reader 3.3
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 09:10:17 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 US-CERT Current Activity Foxit Releases Foxit Reader 3.3 Original release date: May 5, 2010 at 8:40 am Last revised: May 5, 2010 at 8:40 am The Foxit Corporation has released Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows. This release of Foxit Reader contains a component called Trust Manager. Foxit Reader release notes indicate that the Trust Manager enables users to allow or deny unauthorized actions and data transmission, including URL connection, attachments PDF action, and JavaScript. This addresses the vulnerability in the PDF specification /Launch function. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Foxit Reader 3.3 release notes and upgrade to Foxit Reader 3.3 to help mitigate the risks associated with the PDF specification /Launch function vulnerability. Additional information regarding the /Launch function vulnerability can be found in the Vulnerability Notes Database. Relevant Url(s): <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/570177> <http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/whatsnew33.htm> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#foxit_releases_foxit_reader_3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBS+FuKj6pPKYJORa3AQJkXAf+IW00LPJ2DvvXK1CMdoGNX/qy2nkdDmJg VjsdDukCVR2GyixONqjva9WCxbdVk/Bf4sl3fRMd8rKKHuanNquBTXZTEL2IAnj/ wKAsgIjtE2qcMagMcsILQ6YpYlJrutmbT6iT2CBvED0URTVcqJ6yGS2fOhC4LgRl eNgJjOrEyuxt+UQzGVM5fS/3hbvdmGNfWdBf43X5A0BZNaThHHiHy/uiB2MuiW0H MLFYMl9Hpb2ARuRFKXXN37OUy2Hrd3yR3JZfw8i4q1kpL7afQK7Fg9NOGciR63oC Cl9FbPF/OM5t2oLHlyX1kpubcGbMZy1i1tzsm3n7HUBEQjfnByDtSQ== =0Hy1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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