<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200808-10"> <title>Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted PDF. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">acroread</product> <announced>2008-08-09</announced> <revised count="01">2008-08-09</revised> <bug>233383</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">8.1.2-r3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2-r3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader. </p> </background> <description> <p> The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. </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-8.1.2-r3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2641">CVE-2008-2641</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:17Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:50Z"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>