1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200803-26 / acroread |
| Release Date | March 18, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | March 18, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | local |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-text/acroread | < 8.1.2-r1 | >= 8.1.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #212367
An insecure temporary file creation vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.
SUSE reported that the "acroread" wrapper script does not create temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates (CVE-2008-0883).
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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-r1" |