metadata/glsa/glsa-200508-11.xml

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<glsa id="200508-11">
  <title>Adobe Reader: Buffer Overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    Adobe Reader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially
    lead to execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
  <announced>August 19, 2005</announced>
  <revised>August 19, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>102730</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">7.0.1.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">7.0.1.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Adobe Reader is a utility used to view PDF files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    A buffer overflow has been reported within a core application
    plug-in, which is part of Adobe Reader.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker may create a specially-crafted PDF file, enticing a
    user to open it. This could trigger a buffer overflow as the file is
    being loaded, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/acroread-7.0.1.1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2470">CAN-2005-2470</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html">Adobe Document 321644</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:13:16 +0000">
    formula7
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:19:50 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:52:49 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
</glsa>