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Gentoo: GLSA 200907-06 Normal: Adobe Reader Remote Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2009
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Gentoo's advisory GLSA 202103-12 highlights a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader that may enable remote code execution via crafted PDF files. Update now.
Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF files.

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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 ======= Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF files.
Background ========= Adobe Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 8.1.6 >= 8.1.6
========== 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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