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Red Hat: RHSA-2010:0060-01 Critical: Acrobat Reader Flaw

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Using Acrobat Reader on Red Hat Enterprise poses serious security challenges requiring attention to safely manage PDF files while preventing potential threats
The acroread packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras contain security flaws and should not be used. This update has been rated as having critical security impact ...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Adobe Reader 8.1.7 is vulnerable to critical security flaws and should no longer be used. 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-2009-4324, CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2009-3956)
Adobe have discontinued support for Adobe Reader 8 for Linux. Adobe Reader 9 for Linux is not compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. An alternative PDF file viewer available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is xpdf.
This update removes the acroread packages due to their known security vulnerabilities.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update critical software removal acroread PDF flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3953 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3954 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3955 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3956 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3959 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4324 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386: acroread-uninstall-9.3-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:
i386: acroread-uninstall-9.3-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:
i386: acroread-uninstall-9.3-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:
i386: acroread-uninstall-9.3-3.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0060-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0060.html
Issue date: 2010-01-20

Topic

The acroread packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extrascontain security flaws and should not be used.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update critical software removal acroread PDF flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386

Bugs Fixed

547799 - CVE-2009-4324 acroread: media.newplayer JavaScript API code execution vulnerability (APSB10-02)

554293 - CVE-2009-3953 CVE-2009-3954 CVE-2009-3955 CVE-2009-3959 acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-02)

554296 - CVE-2009-3956 acroread: script injection vulnerability (APSB10-02)

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