RHEL 5 : acroread (RHSA-2010:0037)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63911

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0037 advisory.

- acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-02) (CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3959)

- acroread: script injection vulnerability (APSB10-02) (CVE-2009-3956)

- acroread: media.newplayer JavaScript API code execution vulnerability (APSB10-02) (CVE-2009-4324)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL acroread package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0037.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63911

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0037.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3955

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 1/13/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2009

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Doc.media.newPlayer Use After Free Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3956, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2009-4324

BID: 37331, 37756, 37757, 37758, 37761, 37763

RHSA: 2010:0037

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