<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200907-06"> <title>Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF files. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">acroread</product> <announced>2009-07-12</announced> <revised count="01">2009-07-12</revised> <bug>267846</bug> <bug>273908</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">8.1.6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Adobe Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader: </p> <ul> <li>Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research reported a heap-based buffer overflow in the JBIG2 filter (CVE-2009-0198). </li> <li>Mark Dowd of the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force and Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Security reported multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the JBIG2 filter (CVE-2009-0509, CVE-2009-0510, CVE-2009-0511, CVE-2009-0512, CVE-2009-0888, CVE-2009-0889) </li> <li>Arr1val reported that multiple methods in the JavaScript API might lead to memory corruption when called with crafted arguments (CVE-2009-1492, CVE-2009-1493). </li> <li> An anonymous researcher reported a stack-based buffer overflow related to U3D model files with a crafted extension block (CVE-2009-1855). </li> <li> Jun Mao and Ryan Smith of iDefense Labs reported an integer overflow related to the FlateDecode filter, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-1856). </li> <li> Haifei Li of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team reported a memory corruption vulnerability related to TrueType fonts (CVE-2009-1857). </li> <li> The Apple Product Security Team reported a memory corruption vulnerability in the JBIG2 filter (CVE-2009-1858). </li> <li> Matthew Watchinski of Sourcefire VRT reported an unspecified memory corruption (CVE-2009-1859). </li> <li> Will Dormann of CERT reported multiple heap-based buffer overflows when processing JPX (aka JPEG2000) stream that trigger heap memory corruption (CVE-2009-1861). </li> <li> Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered (CVE-2009-2028). </li> </ul> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </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-8.1.6"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0198">CVE-2009-0198</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0509">CVE-2009-0509</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0510">CVE-2009-0510</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0511">CVE-2009-0511</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0512">CVE-2009-0512</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0888">CVE-2009-0888</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0889">CVE-2009-0889</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1492">CVE-2009-1492</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1493">CVE-2009-1493</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1855">CVE-2009-1855</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1856">CVE-2009-1856</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1857">CVE-2009-1857</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1858">CVE-2009-1858</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1859">CVE-2009-1859</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1861">CVE-2009-1861</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2028">CVE-2009-2028</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-06-21T19:11:36Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-07-09T17:45:58Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-07-09T17:47:39Z"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>