Synopsis

Critical: acroread security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 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.

Description

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF).

This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These
vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security pages APSA10-01 and
APSB10-15, 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-2010-1240,
CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-1297, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201,
CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204, CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206,
CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211,
CVE-2010-2212)

All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.3.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All
running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take
effect.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4AS i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 600692 - CVE-2010-1297 acroread, flash-plugin: Arbitrary code execution by opening a specially-crafted PDF file with malicious SWF content (APSA10-01)
• BZ - 609203 - acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-15)

CVEs

• CVE-2010-1297
• CVE-2010-2208
• CVE-2010-2209
• CVE-2010-2204
• CVE-2010-2205
• CVE-2010-2206
• CVE-2010-2207
• CVE-2010-2201
• CVE-2010-2202
• CVE-2010-2212
• CVE-2010-2211
• CVE-2010-2210
• CVE-2010-1240
• CVE-2010-2203
• CVE-2010-1285
• CVE-2010-2168
• CVE-2010-1295

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec
i386
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec
i386
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec
i386
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec
i386
acroread-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: f1bb102d528b1e9a82c5d57ee0e3117ce44eb7d4b9c322ad71d95e59dd4e9276
acroread-plugin-9.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eaf871b0f79b22bfe331e10cccf37b86441871fa237495fef8215d303713a4ec