Red Hat: 2010:0349-01: acroread: Critical Advisory
Summary
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF).
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-09
page listed in the References section. A specially-crafted PDF file could
cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the
user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2010-0190, CVE-2010-0191,
CVE-2010-0192, CVE-2010-0193, CVE-2010-0194, CVE-2010-0195, CVE-2010-0196,
CVE-2010-0197, CVE-2010-0198, CVE-2010-0199, CVE-2010-0201, CVE-2010-0202,
CVE-2010-0203, CVE-2010-0204, CVE-2010-1241)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.3.2, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All
running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take
effect.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0190.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0191.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0192.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0193.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0194.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0195.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0196.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0197.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0198.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0199.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0201.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0202.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0203.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0204.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-1241.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client):
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server):
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
Updated acroread packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
579213 - CVE-2010-1241 Acroread: Heap-based overflow by opening a specially-crafted PDF file (FG-VD-10-005)
581417 - Acroread: Multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-09)