Executive Summary

Summary
Titleacroread security update
Informations
NameRHSA-2012:0469First vendor Publication2012-04-10
VendorRedHatLast vendor Modification2012-04-10
Severity (Vendor) CriticalRevision01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score10Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityLow
Cvss Expoit Score10AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF).

This update fixes multiple security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are
detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-08, 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-2012-0774, CVE-2012-0775, CVE-2012-0777)

All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 9.5.1, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All
running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take
effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

810397 - CVE-2012-0774 CVE-2012-0775 CVE-2012-0777 acroread: multiple unspecified flaws (APSB12-08)

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0469.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-119Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-189Numeric Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14860
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14860
Title: Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.
Description: Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-0774
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Product(s): Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15477
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15477
Title: The JavaScript implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Description: The JavaScript implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-0775
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Product(s): Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application32
Application20