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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-26
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: March 18, 2008
      Bugs: #212367
        ID: 200803-26

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Synopsis
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An insecure temporary file creation vulnerability has been discovered
in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Background
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Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  app-text/acroread     < 8.1.2-r1                      >= 8.1.2-r1

Description
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SUSE reported that the "acroread" wrapper script does not create
temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates
(CVE-2008-0883).

Impact
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0883
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0883

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-200803-26.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 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/2.5