RHEL 3 / 4 : Adobe Acrobat Reader (RHSA-2005:575)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18657

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated acroread packages that fix a security issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Adobe Acrobat Reader browser allows for the viewing, distributing, and printing of documents in portable document format (PDF).

A buffer overflow bug has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim is tricked into opening a malicious PDF file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1625 to this issue.

Please note that there is no browser plugin included with the x86_64 Adobe Acrobat Reader package; Therefore the security impact of this issue on x86_64 is reduced from 'critical' to 'important'.

Additionally Secunia Research discovered a bug in the way Adobe Acrobat Reader creates temporary files. When a user opens a document, temporary files are created which may be world readable, allowing a local user to view sensitive information. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1841 to this issue.

All users of Acrobat Reader are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Acrobat Reader version 7.0.0 and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected acroread and / or acroread-plugin packages.

See Also

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1625.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1841.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18657

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-575.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1625, CVE-2005-1841

RHSA: 2005:575

Secunia: 14457