Red Hat: 2013:0826-01: acroread: Critical Advisory
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 in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-15, 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-2013-2549, CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719, CVE-2013-2720,
CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723, CVE-2013-2724, CVE-2013-2725,
CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2727, CVE-2013-2729, CVE-2013-2730, CVE-2013-2731,
CVE-2013-2732, CVE-2013-2733, CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736,
CVE-2013-3337, CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, CVE-2013-3341)
This update also fixes an information leak flaw in Adobe Reader.
(CVE-2013-2737)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.5.5, 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2549.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2718.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2719.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2720.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2721.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2722.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2723.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2724.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2725.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2726.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2727.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2729.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2730.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2731.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2732.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2733.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2734.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2735.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2736.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2737.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-3337.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-3338.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-3339.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-3340.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-3341.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.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
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.
Topic
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
920180 - CVE-2013-2549 acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CanSecWest 2013)
962931 - acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-15)
962940 - CVE-2013-2737 acroread: unspecified information leak issue (APSB13-15)
