Adobe Reader And Acrobat Security Updates

Adobe have released security updates to fix vulnerabilities in their PDF products, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Exploiting the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Affected versions:
*Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, continuous track
versions earlier than 2019.010.20099

*Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader DC 2017, 2017 classic track
versions earlier than 2017.011.30142

*Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, 2015 classic track
versions earlier than 2015.006.30497


Users of vulnerable versions are instructed to update their versions either by using automatic update functionality or by downloading fresh version manually. The default installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

Those who want to upgrade manually, can download the latest versions of the links below:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

More information about fixed vulnerability can be read from Adobe's security bulletin.

Chrome Vulnerability Fixed

Google have released 74.0.3729.157 version of their Chrome web browser. The new version contains a fix to a security vulnerability. More information in Chrome release blog.

Microsoft Security Updates For May 2019

Microsoft have released security updates for May 2019.

Summary of the updates (filter by inserting 04/13/2019 to the From field and 05/14/2019 to the To field) here.

Symantec Intelligence Report: April 2019

Symantec have published their Intelligence report that sums up the latest threat trends for April 2019.

The report can be viewed here.

New Drupal Versions Available

There have been released new versions of open-source content management framework Drupal. New versions contain patched version of third party libraries required by Drupal core.

Affected versions:
Drupal core 8.7.x versions prior to 8.7.1
Drupal core 8.6.x versions prior to 8.6.16
Drupal 7.x versions prior to 7.67

More information in Drupal security advisory.

Latest PHP Versions Available

PHP development team has released 7.3.5, 7.2.18 and 7.1.29 versions of the PHP scripting language Among other bugs some security bugs have been fixed. All PHP users are recommended to upgrade their versions to the latest release of the correspondent branch.

Changelogs:
Version 7.3.5
Version 7.2.18
Version 7.1.29

Oracle Critical Patch Update For Q2 of 2019

Oracle have released updates for their products that fix 297 security issues (including five Java fixes) in total. The updates are a part of Oracle's quarterly released critical patch update (CPU).

Detailed list of vulnerabilities with patching instructions can be read from Oracle CPU Advisory.

Next Oracle CPU is planned to be released in July 2019.