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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
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
acroread-9.5.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
acroread-plugin-9.5.4-1.el6.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
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0640.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0641.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
