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RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : acroread (RHSA-2010:0934)
high Nessus Plugin ID 50869
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
[Updated 7th December 2010] The package list in this erratum has been updated to make the packages available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras IA32 channels on the Red Hat Network.
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
This update fixes two vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB10-28, listed in the References section. A specially crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2010-3654, CVE-2010-4091)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.4.1, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected acroread and / or acroread-plugin packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3654
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4091
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-28.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 50869
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0934.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/2/2010
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2010
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player "Button" Remote Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3654, CVE-2010-4091
RHSA: 2010:0934