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Gentoo: GLSA-201009-05 Normal: Adobe Reader Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2010
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and later addresses several security flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution and may enable denial of service attacks.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might result in the execution of arbitrary code or other attacks.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Adobe Reader. For further information please consult the CVE entries and the Adobe Security Bulletins referenced below.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-9.3.4"

References

[ 1 ] APSA10-01 [ 2 ] APSB10-02 [ 3 ] APSB10-07 [ 4 ] APSB10-09 [ 5 ] APSB10-14 [ 6 ] APSB10-16 [ 7 ] CVE-2009-3953 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3953 [ 8 ] CVE-2009-4324 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4324 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-0186 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0186 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-0188 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0188 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-0190 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0190 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-0191 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0191 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-0192 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0192 [ 14 ] CVE-2010-0193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0193 [ 15 ] CVE-2010-0194 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0194 [ 16 ] CVE-2010-0195 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0195 [ 17 ] CVE-2010-0196 https://www.cve.org/CVERe...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201009-05
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 07, 2010
Bugs: #297385, #306429, #313343, #322857
ID: 201009-05

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Topics Covered

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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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 9.3.4 >= 9.3.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker might entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or bypass intended sandbox restrictions, make cross-domain requests, inject arbitrary web script or HTML, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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