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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: acroread security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0349-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0349.html
Issue date: 2010-04-14
CVE Names: CVE-2010-0190 CVE-2010-0191 CVE-2010-0192
CVE-2010-0193 CVE-2010-0194 CVE-2010-0195
CVE-2010-0196 CVE-2010-0197 CVE-2010-0198
CVE-2010-0199 CVE-2010-0201 CVE-2010-0202
CVE-2010-0203 CVE-2010-0204 CVE-2010-1241
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1. Summary:
Updated acroread packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 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:
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF).
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-09
page 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-2010-0190, CVE-2010-0191,
CVE-2010-0192, CVE-2010-0193, CVE-2010-0194, CVE-2010-0195, CVE-2010-0196,
CVE-2010-0197, CVE-2010-0198, CVE-2010-0199, CVE-2010-0201, CVE-2010-0202,
CVE-2010-0203, CVE-2010-0204, CVE-2010-1241)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.3.2, 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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
579213 - CVE-2010-1241 Acroread: Heap-based overflow by opening a specially-crafted PDF file (FG-VD-10-005)
581417 - Acroread: Multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-09)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client):
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server):
i386:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.3.2-1.el5.i386.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://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0190.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0191.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0192.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0193.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0194.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0195.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0196.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0197.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0198.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0199.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0201.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0202.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0203.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0204.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-1241.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
