Gentoo: GLSA-200803-01: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 02, 2008 Updated: March 02, 2008 Bugs: #170177 ID: 200803-01:04
Synopsis ======= Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution, Denial of Service, and cross-site request forgery attacks.
Background ========= Adobe Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 8.1.2 >= 8.1.2
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader, including:
* A file disclosure when using file:// in PDF documents (CVE-2007-1199)
* Multiple buffer overflows in unspecified Javascript methods (CVE-2007-5609)
* An unspecified vulnerability in the Escript.api plugin (CVE-2007-5663)
* Incorrect handling of printers (CVE-2008-0667)
* An integer overflow when passing incorrect arguments to "printSepsWithParams" (CVE-2008-0726)
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A remote attacker could also perform cross-site request forgery attacks, or cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2007-1199 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1199 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-5659 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5659 [ 3 ] CVE-2007-5663 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5663 [ 4 ] CVE-2007-5666 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5666 [ 5 ] CVE-2008-0655 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0655 [ 6 ] CVE-2008-0667 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0667 [ 7 ] CVE-2008-0726 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0726
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-01
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
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