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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-09
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Severity: Normal
Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: July 11, 2005
Bugs: #98101
ID: 200507-09
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Synopsis
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead
to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is a utility used to view PDF files.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/acroread <= 5.10 >= 7.0
Description
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A buffer overflow has been discovered in the UnixAppOpenFilePerform()
function, which is called when Adobe Acrobat Reader tries to open a
file with the "\Filespec" tag.
Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF document, a remote
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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Since Adobe will most likely not update the 5.0 series of Adobe Acrobat
Reader for Linux, all users should upgrade to the latest available
version of the 7.0 series:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-7.0"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1625
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1625
[ 2 ] iDEFENSE Security Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
[ 3 ] Adobe Security Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-09.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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