[RHSA-2013:0551-01] Critical: acroread security update

news · February 21, 2013

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: acroread security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0551-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html

Issue date: 2013-02-21

CVE Names: CVE-2013-0640 CVE-2013-0641

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1. Summary:

Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now available

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical

security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,

which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability

from the CVE links in the References section.

2. 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

3. Description:

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document

Format (PDF).

This update fixes two security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are

detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-07, 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-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641)

All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain

Adobe Reader version 9.5.4, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All

running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take

effect.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

911099 - CVE-2013-0640 CVE-2013-0641 acroread: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (APSB13-07)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:

acroread-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

x86_64:

acroread-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:

acroread-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

x86_64:

acroread-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el5_9.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:

acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm