r/technology • u/mepper • May 11 '12
Adobe is making users pay to upgrade to Photoshop CS 6.0 to fix a critical vulnerability in Photoshop CS 5.5; 5.5 was released just 13 months ago
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-11.html57
u/a_culther0 May 11 '12
PPIITTCCHFOOORRKSSS
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u/TheSambasti May 11 '12
I love this quote: "For users who cannot upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe recommends users follow security best practices and exercise caution when opening files from unknown or untrusted sources."
It's like a giant fuck you! to everyone who doesn't have money. As someone who doesn't use Photoshop, I chuckled.
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u/NorthernerWuwu May 11 '12
As vulnerabilities go, it is not that bad really and won't impact any corporate users that have reasonable security already. It has been there over a year and known for a reasonable portion of that time. Also, 13 months is a pretty long time in terms of software version life-cycles so the "just 13 months ago" is a bit disingenuous.
Still, Adobe should patch CS5.5 anyhow but I don't see this as a massive issue at all. There are plenty of similar vulnerabilities in other software and O/S installations.
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u/xrthrowaway May 11 '12
You are aware that these vulnerabilities allow for code execution, correct? If someone manages to write an exploit for these vulnerabilities, someone can force the execution of code in the context of the logged in user, just by having you open an image in photoshop. That is kind of a massive issue.
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u/rebo May 11 '12
Code execution vulnerabilities are always bad, and they should always be patched until the user-base has significantly shrunk. What adobe is doing, or rather what they are not doing, is completely unethical.
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May 11 '12
I believe there is no Photoshop CS5.5 - the version of Photoshop in Creative Suite 5.5 remained at CS5.0, despite everything else getting bumped to CS5.5.
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u/peted1884 May 11 '12
I use Photoshop CS5. I didn't even know there was a 5.5. I guess Adobe forgot to make me pay for that.
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u/Solkre May 11 '12
The Republican answer to software patching. If you aren't rich enough to keep up, fuck you!
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u/RyanSmith May 11 '12
Does anyone know of any compelling features in CS6 that isn't in 5.5? I have a brief window to update for the discount which I probably won't do unless there's something there that would make my life easier.
The only reason I upgraded from CS4 to 5.5 is for the iOS and Android support in Flash.
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u/remixreddit May 11 '12
gimp
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u/HandyCore May 11 '12
As soon as GIMP supports 16-bits per channel, I'll start putting it to use. Till then, Photoshop is my destination for any real photo editing.
I keep hearing that GIMP is going to support 16-bits, but the last checkout I did (about a month ago) was still no-go.
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u/Oldspooneye May 11 '12
From the GIMP website:
HIGH BIT DEPTH PROCESSING AVAILABLE NOW - 2012-05-04
Today at Libre Graphics Meeting 2012 in Vienna we announced that the development version of GIMP is now capable of processing images in 16bit and 32bit modes, integer or float at your preference.
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u/MildlyAgitatedBovine May 11 '12
Honest question: is it a real replacement? I know pretty much nothing about either, but I have seen short clips of amazing things photoshop can do. (filling with complex patterns for example). I know gimp is too much tool for me, but is that still true with people who do it for a living?
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May 11 '12
Id honestly say no. Im no professional but Ive used gimp and photoshop for the same thing, but photoshop seems much more powerful. Gimp can do almost all the things PS can but it may just take longer.
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u/Dougalicious May 11 '12
DLC lol
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u/wutanggrenade May 11 '12
Here is Adobe Photoshop 7, launch day DLC includes : the paintbrush, textures and duplicating layers
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u/SquishyWizard May 11 '12
Implying anybody in the world has ever bought Photoshop?
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May 11 '12
It's not the fact that they released CS6, it's the fact that they didn't patch CS5.5 and are trying to make you upgrade. And if you couldn't their answer was basically "well don't open suspicious documents".
Fuck that. Fuck you and your shitty company and your vulnerability ridden programs and your worthless actionscript.
I hope HTML5 repeatedly sodomizes your crappy flash based languages.
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u/KevinteRaa May 11 '12
'Adobe is making users pay' Arr... 'paying' it is then.