<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <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>2005-08-19</announced> <revised count="01">2005-08-19</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 ">=app-text/acroread-7.0.1.1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2470">CAN-2005-2470</uri> <uri link="https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html">Adobe Document 321644</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-08-16T23:13:16Z"> formula7 </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-08-17T16:19:50Z"> adir </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-08-17T16:52:49Z"> adir </metadata> </glsa>