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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200901-09 ] Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 200901-09)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 13, 2009
Bug(s): #225483
ID: 200901-09
Synopsis
Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF
reader.
Affected Packages
Package: app-text/acroread
Vulnerable: < 8.1.3
Unaffected: >= 8.1.3
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
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An unspecified vulnerability can be triggered by a malformed PDF
document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf (CVE-2008-2549).
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Peter Vreugdenhil, Dyon Balding, Will Dormann, Damian Frizza, and Greg
MacManus reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the util.printf
JavaScript function that incorrectly handles the format string argument
(CVE-2008-2992).
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Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs reported an array index error that can
be leveraged for an out-of-bounds write, related to parsing of Type 1
fonts (CVE-2008-4812).
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Javier Vicente Vallejo and Peter Vregdenhil, via Zero Day Initiative,
reported multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities
(CVE-2008-4813).
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Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon Systems reported an unspecified
vulnerability in a JavaScript method, related to an "input validation
issue" (CVE-2008-4814).
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Josh Bressers of Red Hat reported an untrusted search path
vulnerability (CVE-2008-4815).
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Peter Vreugdenhil reported through iDefense that the Download Manager
can trigger a heap corruption via calls to the AcroJS function
(CVE-2008-4817).
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
document, and local attackers could entice a user to run acroread from
an untrusted working directory. Both might result in the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application,
or a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.3" |
References
CVE-2008-2549
CVE-2008-2992
CVE-2008-4812
CVE-2008-4813
CVE-2008-4814
CVE-2008-4815
CVE-2008-4817
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