Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1402 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2013-10-02
Updated:
2013-10-02

RHSA-2013:1402 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: Adobe Reader - notification of end of updates

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

Updated acroread packages that disable the Adobe Reader web browser plug-in
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

Description

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF). Adobe Reader 9 reached the end of its support cycle on June
26, 2013, and will not receive any more security updates. Future versions
of Adobe Acrobat Reader will not be available with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux.

The Adobe Reader packages in the Red Hat Network (RHN) channels will
continue to be available. Red Hat will continue to provide these packages
only as a courtesy to customers. Red Hat will not provide updates to the
Adobe Reader packages.

This update disables the Adobe Reader web browser plug-in, which is
available via the acroread-plugin package, to prevent the exploitation of
security issues without user interaction when a user visits a malicious web
page.

Solution

Red Hat advises users to reconsider further use of Adobe Reader for Linux,
as it may contain known, unpatched security issues. Alternative PDF
rendering software, such as Evince and KPDF (part of the kdegraphics
package) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, or Evince and Okular (part of the
kdegraphics package) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, should be
considered. These packages will continue to receive security fixes.

Red Hat will no longer provide security updates to these packages and
recommends that customers not use this application on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux effective immediately.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 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 Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 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 from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875
i386
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875
i386
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875
i386
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875
i386
acroread-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1502549f138f1fcc2987cf25182dfd71a21f237880b98f38ba61d832433d069d
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-2.el5_10.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7e40c61115598abbd7ac27a46fd9ef71cdeedecc62d65a75ca36be2ce5438875

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4

SRPM
x86_64
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b
i386
acroread-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ac0934cfe887c6f49238ebff2c963adc33c1531019660bbfa4f8852d725136a2
acroread-plugin-9.5.5-1.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8116e41e4825f74478731a7e970482274db5c9d4b9489b9f70ca4e1a278e526b

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