RHSA-2013:0826 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are
detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-15, 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-2013-2549, CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719, CVE-2013-2720,
CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723, CVE-2013-2724, CVE-2013-2725,
CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2727, CVE-2013-2729, CVE-2013-2730, CVE-2013-2731,
CVE-2013-2732, CVE-2013-2733, CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736,
CVE-2013-3337, CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, CVE-2013-3341)

This update also fixes an information leak flaw in Adobe Reader.
(CVE-2013-2737)

All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.5.5, 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.9 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 920180 - CVE-2013-2549 acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CanSecWest 2013)
• BZ - 962931 - acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-15)
• BZ - 962940 - CVE-2013-2737 acroread: unspecified information leak issue (APSB13-15)

CVEs

• CVE-2013-3340
• CVE-2013-2719
• CVE-2013-2718
• CVE-2013-2735
• CVE-2013-2734
• CVE-2013-2737
• CVE-2013-2736
• CVE-2013-2731
• CVE-2013-2730
• CVE-2013-2733
• CVE-2013-2732
• CVE-2013-3341
• CVE-2013-2549
• CVE-2013-2729
• CVE-2013-2726
• CVE-2013-2727
• CVE-2013-2724
• CVE-2013-2725
• CVE-2013-2722
• CVE-2013-2723
• CVE-2013-2720
• CVE-2013-2721
• CVE-2013-3338
• CVE-2013-3339
• CVE-2013-3337
• CVE-2013-3346

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html