openSUSE Security Update: acroread to 9.5.4
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0342-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #803939 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0640 CVE-2013-0641
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   acroread was updated to 9.5.4 to fix remote code execution
   problems. (CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641)

   More information can be found on:
   http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html

Special Instructions and Notes:

   Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2013-31

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586):

      acroread-9.5.4-14.1
      acroread-browser-plugin-9.5.4-14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0640.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0641.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/803939

openSUSE: 2013:0342-1: critical: acroread

February 25, 2013
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

acroread was updated to 9.5.4 to fix remote code execution problems. (CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641) More information can be found on: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch 2013-31 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586): acroread-9.5.4-14.1 acroread-browser-plugin-9.5.4-14.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0640.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0641.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/803939


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0342-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 .

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