Red Hat Security Advisory: Adobe Reader - notification of end of updates
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
End of life, no fix coming : replace or isolate Red Hat; no fix will be released.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 18:36 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar
- Patch
- None coming – the product is end of life
What to do
No fix will be released: Red Hat is end of life. Replace it, or isolate it from untrusted networks until you can.
AI-suggested
Red Hat has disabled the Adobe Reader web browser plug-in to reduce risk from web-based attacks. Users should avoid using Adobe Reader 9 due to lack of security updates and consider alternative PDF viewers that are actively maintained and patched. No patches or updates will be provided by Red Hat for Adobe Reader 9.
Description
Adobe Reader 9 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux reached end of support on June 26, 2013, and will no longer receive security updates. Red Hat will continue to provide the Adobe Reader packages as a courtesy but will not issue any further updates. To mitigate risks, Red Hat has disabled the Adobe Reader web browser plug-in to prevent exploitation of security issues via malicious web pages without user interaction.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1402 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/eol/eol_matrix.html (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_1402.json (opens in a new tab)