Synopsis
The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
Description
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:047 (acroread).
A buffer overflow was found in the core application plug-in for the Adobe Reader, that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
This is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-2470.
Note that for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and SUSE Linux Desktop 1 Acrobat Reader support was already discontinued by an earlier announcement.
Solution
http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_47_acroread.html
Plugin Details
File Name: suse_SA_2005_047.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list