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RHEL 3 / 4 : Adobe Acrobat Reader (RHSA-2005:575)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 18657
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated acroread packages that fix a security issue are now available.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader browser allows for the viewing, distributing, and printing of documents in portable document format (PDF).
A buffer overflow bug has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim is tricked into opening a malicious PDF file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1625 to this issue.
Please note that there is no browser plugin included with the x86_64 Adobe Acrobat Reader package; Therefore the security impact of this issue on x86_64 is reduced from 'critical' to 'important'.
Additionally Secunia Research discovered a bug in the way Adobe Acrobat Reader creates temporary files. When a user opens a document, temporary files are created which may be world readable, allowing a local user to view sensitive information. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1841 to this issue.
All users of Acrobat Reader are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Acrobat Reader version 7.0.0 and are not vulnerable to this issue.
Solution
Update the affected acroread and / or acroread-plugin packages.See Also
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1625.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1841.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 18657
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-575.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/10/2005
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acroread-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2005
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-1625, CVE-2005-1841