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Red Hat: 2012:0011-01 Critical: Acroread Security Issue

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Newly released acroread updates for Red Hat address severe security vulnerabilities impacting multiple distributions. Apply them immediately!
Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
This update fixes two security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB11-30, listed in the References section. A specially-crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2011-2462, CVE-2011-4369)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.4.7, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2462 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4369 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el6.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.4.7-1.el6.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.4.7-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: acroread-9.4.7-1.el6.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0011-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0011.html
Issue date: 2012-01-10

Topic

Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat critical software update malware threat acroread

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

760908 - CVE-2011-2462 acroread: U3D memory corruption vulnerability (APSB11-30)

768517 - CVE-2011-4369 acroread: unspecified vulnerability in PRC component (APSB11-30)

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