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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2010:0037-01 Critical Acroread Update

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential patch release for acroread addresses various vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Swift response advised.
Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary

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).
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-02 page 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-2009-4324, CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2009-3956)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* the acroread process continued to run even after closing a PDF file. If multiple PDF files were opened and then closed, the acroread processes continued to run and consume system resources (up to 100% CPU usage). With this update, the acroread process correctly exits, which resolves this issue. (BZ#473217)
* the PPKLite.api plug-in was missing, causing Adobe Reader to crash when attempting to open signed PDF files. For such files, if an immediate crash was not observed, clicking on the Signature Panel could trigger one. With this update, the PPKLite.api plug-in is included, which resolves this issue. (BZ#472975)
* Adobe Reader has been upgraded to version 9.3. (BZ#497957)
Adobe have discontinued support for Adobe Reader 8 for Linux. All users of Adobe Reader are advised to install these updated packages, which contain Adobe Reader version 9.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues and fixes these bugs. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory application crash red hat enterprise critical issues acroread update

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

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client):
i386: acroread-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server):
i386: acroread-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.3-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.3-1.el5.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-2010:0037-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0037.html
Issue date: 2010-01-13

Topic

Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory application crash red hat enterprise critical issues acroread update

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

472975 - acroread missing PPKLite.api and crashes on signed PDFs

473217 - acroread takes 100% cpu and does not die when killed

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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