Gentoo: GLSA 200907-06 Normal: Adobe Reader Remote Execution Issue
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July 12, 2009
Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF files.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-06
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: July 12, 2009
Bugs: #267846, #273908
ID: 200907-06
Synopsis
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Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF
files.
Background
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Adobe Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/acroread < 8.1.6 >= 8.1.6
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader:
* Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research reported a heap-based buffer
overflow in the JBIG2 filter (CVE-2009-0198).
* Mark Dowd of the IBM...
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