Download Adobe Reader 6.0.3

The ladies and gentlemen of Adobe have released version 6.0.3 of Reader. With this program it is possible to read PDF files. This update fixes a number of security vulnerabilities, for now this update is only available for the English and Japanese versions of Reader. Adobe reported the following about this release:

This update addresses several potential vulnerabilities in
Adobe Reader versions 6.0.0-6.0.2. Note that currently there are no known malicious exploits of these vulnerabilities.

Adobe recommends that all users of Adobe Reader 6.0 apply
this update as a proactive measure.

This update can be applied to the English and Japanese
versions of Adobe Reader 6.0.2. Support for updating all 15
primary localizations of Adobe Reader will be posted at a later date.

This update addresses three issues:

– Preventing playback of malicious content in Flash media embedded in a PDF File. For more information see Adobe Knowledgebase article #321328†

– Vulnerabilities in the PNG library (libpng version 1.2.5) that could be exploited with malformed PNG images. For more information see CAN-2004-0597†

– An issue with how the eBook plug-in works with *.etd files during eBook transactions. For more information see CAN-2004-1153†[break]The update requires version 6.0.2 to be already installed and is for both Windows (1.8MB) as Macintosh (5.4MB) to download. A full version of 6.0.3 has not yet been spotted on the download page from Adobe.