Gentoo: GLSA-200507-09 Normal: Adobe Acrobat Reader Buffer Overflow

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: July 11, 2005 Bugs: #98101 ID: 200507-09

Synopsis ======= Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Adobe Acrobat Reader is a utility used to view PDF files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread <= 5.10 >= 7.0
========== A buffer overflow has been discovered in the UnixAppOpenFilePerform() function, which is called when Adobe Acrobat Reader tries to open a file with the "\Filespec" tag.
Impact ===== By enticing a use...