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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:0826-01 Critical: Acroread Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2013
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Newly released acroread updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6 address severe vulnerabilities. Apply these fixes immediately to ensure your system's safety.
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 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.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2549 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2718 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2719 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2720 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2721 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2722 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2723 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2724 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2725 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2726 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2727 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2729 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2730 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2731 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2732 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2733 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2734 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2735 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2736 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2737 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3337 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3338 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3339 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3340 Read the Full Advisory

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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0826-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0826.html
Issue date: 2013-05-15

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 issue red hat critical remote code execution patch 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

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)

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