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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN021
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DATE                      : 08/02/2008

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running Adobe Reader.

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Original Bulletin:    http://www.adobe.com/go/kb403079
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Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Release Notes

Summary

    The Adobe Reader 8.1.2 update addresses a number of customer workflow
    issues and security vulnerabilities while providing more stability.

Platforms:

    Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2003
    Server, Windows Vista and Macintosh 10.4.3

Languages:

    Windows/Macintosh/Linux: English, French, German, Japanese,
    Portuguese/Brazilian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional),
    Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish and
    Swedish Solaris: English, French, German and Japanese

Requirements:

    Windows: Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor, Microsoft Windows
    Vista, Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition
    with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4,
    Windows 2003 Server, 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms
    or large documents), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0, Firefox
    1.5 or 2.0, Mozilla 1.7, AOL 9

    Macintosh: PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor, Mac OS X 10.4.3 to
    10.4.9, 10.5.0 and 10.5.1, 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended for complex
    forms or large documents), 170MB of available hard-disk space, Safari
    2.0.2

    Linux: 32-bit Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, LSB (Linux
    Standard Base) 3.1 compliant systems including Red Hat Linux WS 5,
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 and Ubuntu 6.10, GNOME or KDE
    Desktop Environment, 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), 125 MB of
    available hard disk space (additional 75 MB required for having all
    supported font packs), GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) user interface library,
    version 2.6 or higher, Firefox 1.5 or higher; Mozilla 1.7.3 or higher

    Solaris: UltraSPARC or UltraSPARC IIIi processor, Solaris 9 or 10,
    GNOME or KDE Desktop Environment (GNOME only for Solaris 10), 512 MB
    of RAM (1 GB recommended), 175 MB of available hard disk space
    (additional 75 MB required for having all supported font packs), GNU C
    library (glibc) version 2.3 or higher, GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) user
    interface library, version 2.6 or higher (On Solaris 10, works with
    GTK 2.4.9 also), Firefox 1.5 or higher; Mozilla 1.7.3 or higher,
    OpenGL library, OpenSSL 0.9.7, OpenLDAP, and CUPS libraries, libstdc++
    library

Resolved Issues

      * 1556556 Recognition of blank space for accessibility
      * 1557564 Search functionality corrected for dynamic forms using
        direct rendering
      * 1563874 Corrected behavior for protected expandable fields in
        dynamic forms
      * 1570947 Corrected page flow when orientation changes (i.e.
        portrait to landscape)
      * 1570960 Re-calculate event in XFA forms improved
      * 1572817 Improved color output when converting to PDF/X via
        ?short-cut? button
      * 1573793 Improved behavior of Reader enabled forms usage rights
        1574838 Improved printing on HP-based printers
      * 1576437 Enhanced stability when opening dynamic forms
      * 1592861 Corrected behavior for ?read only? fields when using
        direct rendering
      * 1605375 Improved behavior when adding sub-forms
      * 1607532 Added PCL print improvements
      * 1611771 Improved temp file clean-up after printing
      * 1618289 Support for new Adobe Extensions per ISO 32000
      * 1619714 Improved behavior of Reader enabled rights within
        LiveCycle Workspace
      * 1623197 Improved behavior when posting data with Safari on the
        Macintosh and Firefox on Windows
      * 1623539 Corrected screen reader behavior for converted German tags
      * 1623797 Improved decimal field behavior for dynamic XFA using
        direct rendering
      * 1623829 Improved decimal field behavior for dynamic XFA using
        direct rendering
      * 1624413 Improved stability on dynamic forms
      * 1635763 Improved stability on certified dynamic forms
      * 1639564 Corrected truncation error on metadata
      * 1643223 Improved review tracker display of email IDs
      * 1645404 Improved behavior of 3D annotations
      * 1648534 Improved behavior of meshes in 3D
      * 1650281 Improved behavior of name spaces in metadata
      * 1624848 Enhanced capability to handle multiple browser windows
        with similar javascript calls

TechNote Details

    Last Update:    02-05-2008
    ID:             kb403079
    Permanent Link: http://www.adobe.com/go/kb403079

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