RHSA-2010:0636 - Security Advisory

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 a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability is
detailed on the Adobe security page APSB10-17, 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-2010-2862)

Multiple security flaws were found in Adobe Flash Player embedded in Adobe
Reader. These vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page
APSB10-16, listed in the References section. A PDF file with embedded
specially-crafted SWF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when
opened. (CVE-2010-0209, CVE-2010-2213, CVE-2010-2214, CVE-2010-2215,
CVE-2010-2216)

All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.3.4, 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 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 - 621687 - CVE-2010-2862 acroread: integer overflow flaw allows remote arbitrary code execution
• BZ - 622947 - CVE-2010-0209 CVE-2010-2213 CVE-2010-2214 CVE-2010-2215 CVE-2010-2216 flash-plugin: multiple security flaws (APSB10-16)
• BZ - 624838 - acroread: multiple critical security flaws (APSB10-17)

CVEs

• CVE-2010-2213
• CVE-2010-2214
• CVE-2010-2216
• CVE-2010-2215
• CVE-2010-0209
• CVE-2010-2862

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-16.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-17.html