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Gentoo: GLSA-202301-45 Important: Adobe Flash Player Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Adobe Reader on the Gentoo operating system is vulnerable to security issues categorized as normal severity, potentially enabling remote code execution or Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct various other attacks.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Reader. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution attack risk normal severity Adobe Reader

Resolution

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-9.4.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4091 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4091 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-0562 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0562 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-0563 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0563 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-0565 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0565 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-0566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0566 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-0567 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0567 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-0570 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0570 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-0585 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0585 [ 9 ] CVE-2011-0586 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0586 [ 10 ] CVE-2011-0587 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0587 [ 11 ] CVE-2011-0588 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0588 [ 12 ] CVE-2011-0589 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0589 [ 13 ] CVE-2011-0590 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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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/201201-19
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 30, 2012
Bugs: #354211, #382969, #393481
ID: 201201-19

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution attack risk normal severity Adobe Reader

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might allow remote attackersto execute arbitrary code or conduct various other attacks.

Background

Adobe Reader is a closed-source PDF reader.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 9.4.7 >= 9.4.7

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file using Adobe Reader, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service, or other impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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