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Gentoo: 200910-03 Normal: Adobe Reader Exploit Risks and Solutions

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2009
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Gentoo Security Announcement GLSA 202110-04 highlights critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat that could lead to unauthorized code execution and security risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might result in the execution of arbitrary code, or other attacks.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200910-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: October 25, 2009 Bugs: #289016 ID: 200910-03

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might result in the execution of arbitrary code, or other attacks.
Background ========= Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 9.2 >= 9.2
========== Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Adobe Reader. For further information please consult the CVE entries and the Adobe Security Bulletin referenced b...

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