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RHEL 5 / 6 : Adobe Reader (RHSA-2013:1402)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71188

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

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

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9708b4b3

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1402

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71188

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1402.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2013

Reference Information

RHSA: 2013:1402