Thursday, March 14, 2024

Adobe Acrobat/Reader Update

 

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Adobe is releasing an update with new features and bug fixes for Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. 

Update or Complete Download

Adobe Reader was updated to version 23.008.20604 for Windows and Acrobat was updated to version 24.001.20604.  Updates should become available via the internal updater or checks can be manually activated by choosing Help/Check for Updates.  

Reader DC and other versions are available here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/

Note: UNcheck any pre-checked additional options presented with the update. They are not part of the software update and are completely optional.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Microsoft March 2024 Security Updates

 

The Microsoft March 2024 security updates have been released and consist of 59 new patches. In addition, 5 non-Chromium updates are included, bringing the total number of CVEs to 64.


Of the CVEs released, 2 are rated critical and 57 are rated important in security. At the time of release, none of the CVEs are listed as being publicly known or under active attack.

The security updates apply to the following products, features and roles: Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; .NET Framework and Visual Studio; SQL Server; Windows Hyper-V; Skype; Microsoft Components for Android; and Microsoft Dynamics.

See the list of KBs at the bottom of the page at March 2024 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft for information regarding known issues with the security updates as well as the CVEs with FAQs, Mitigations and/or Workarounds. For specific information on Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2, see KB5035853.  For Windows 10, Version 22H2 see KB5035845.

Recommended Reading:   See Dustin Childs review and analysis in Zero Day Initiative -- The March 2024 Security Update Review.

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Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Mozilla Firefox Version 123.0.1 Released

  Mozilla sent Firefox Version 123.0.1 to the Release Channel.

Fixed

  • Fixed the Firefox Translation language indicator in the address bar displaying a colored square icon instead of the language code icon. (Bug 1879415)

  • Fixed incorrect rendering of Canvas2D conic gradients colors on Windows. (Bug 1851963)

  • Fixed a regression with the onChange event not firing when clearing the value of a textarea HTML field. (Bug 1881457)

  • Fixed availability of system-level dictionaries for Linux users with Firefox installed as a Flatpak package. (Bug 1881830)

  • Fixed a regression in the JavaScript JIT engine incorrectly inlining strings in some cases. (Bug 1882386)

  • Fixed low contrast of text when selecting rows in the Developer tools' Storage panel. (Bug 1877090)

Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, then pick "About Firefox".  Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu.  For non-English versions, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.

Release Notes


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May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart...