openSUSE 10 Security Update : acroread (acroread-5041)

low Nessus Plugin ID 31296

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 contained a /tmp race in its 'acroread' wrapper script in the SSL certificate handling. (CVE-2008-0883)

Furthermore it contained several duplicated copies of system libraries, which have been removed for this update to make sure they are up-to-date security wise by using the system provided ones.

Solution

Update the affected acroread package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 31296

File Name: suse_acroread-5041.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/27/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:acroread

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0883

CWE: 59

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