Adobe Acrobat Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Updated March 02, 2008

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200803-01 / acroread
Release Date	March 02, 2008
Latest Revision	March 05, 2008: 05
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-text/acroread	< 8.1.2	>= 8.1.2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #170177

Synopsis

Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution, Denial of Service, and cross-site request forgery attacks.

2. Impact Information

Background

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader, including:

A file disclosure when using file:// in PDF documents (CVE-2007-1199)
Multiple buffer overflows in unspecified Javascript methods (CVE-2007-5659)
An unspecified vulnerability in the Escript.api plugin (CVE-2007-5663)
An untrusted search path (CVE-2007-5666)
Incorrect handling of printers (CVE-2008-0667)
An integer overflow when passing incorrect arguments to "printSepsWithParams" (CVE-2008-0726)

Other unspecified vulnerabilities have also been reported (CVE-2008-0655).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A remote attacker could also perform cross-site request forgery attacks, or cause a Denial of Service.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2"

4. References