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GLSA-200412-12 : Adobe Acrobat Reader: Buffer overflow vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15993

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-200412-12 (Adobe Acrobat Reader: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 A buffer overflow has been discovered in the email processing of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This flaw exists in the mailListIsPdf function, which checks if the input file is an email message containing a PDF file.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send the victim a specially crafted email and PDF attachment, which would trigger the buffer overflow and possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Adobe Acrobat Reader.
 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-5.10'

See Also

https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331153.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200412-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15993

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200412-12.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 12/17/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

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: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1152

GLSA: 200412-12