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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


  • An unspecified vulnerability can be triggered by a malformed PDF
    document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf (CVE-2008-2549).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Javier Vicente Vallejo and Peter Vregdenhil, via Zero Day Initiative,
    reported multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities
    (CVE-2008-4813).

  • Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon Systems reported an unspecified
    vulnerability in a JavaScript method, related to an "input validation
    issue" (CVE-2008-4814).

  • Josh Bressers of Red Hat reported an untrusted search path
    vulnerability (CVE-2008-4815).

  • 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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