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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:0469-01 Critical: Acroread Update Issues

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Calendar Grey April 10, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important announcement regarding acroread for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 to address various security vulnerabilities.
Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
This update fixes multiple security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-08, 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-2012-0774, CVE-2012-0775, CVE-2012-0777)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.5.1, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0774 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0775 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0777 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: acroread-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: acroread-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: acroread-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.rpm acroread-plugin-9.5.1-1.el6_2.i686.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0469-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0469.html
Issue date: 2012-04-10

Topic

Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical acroread

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

810397 - CVE-2012-0774 CVE-2012-0775 CVE-2012-0777 acroread: multiple unspecified flaws (APSB12-08)

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