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RHEL 5 : acroread (RHSA-2010:0037)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 63911
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-02 page 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-2009-4324, CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2009-3956)
This update also fixes the following bugs :
* the acroread process continued to run even after closing a PDF file.
If multiple PDF files were opened and then closed, the acroread processes continued to run and consume system resources (up to 100% CPU usage). With this update, the acroread process correctly exits, which resolves this issue. (BZ#473217)
* the PPKLite.api plug-in was missing, causing Adobe Reader to crash when attempting to open signed PDF files. For such files, if an immediate crash was not observed, clicking on the Signature Panel could trigger one. With this update, the PPKLite.api plug-in is included, which resolves this issue. (BZ#472975)
* Adobe Reader has been upgraded to version 9.3. (BZ#497957)
Adobe have discontinued support for Adobe Reader 8 for Linux. All users of Adobe Reader are advised to install these updated packages, which contain Adobe Reader version 9.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues and fixes these bugs. 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-2009-3953
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3954
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3955
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3956
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3959
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-4324
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 63911
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0037.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2013
Updated: 6/8/2022
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
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
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:5.4
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