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GLSA-200803-26 : Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 31613

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-26 (Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation)

 SUSE reported that the 'acroread' wrapper script does not create temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates (CVE-2008-0883).
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-26

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 31613

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-26.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:acroread, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0883

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200803-26