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[ GLSA 200803-26 ] Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation
From: Robert Buchholz <rbu () gentoo org>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:18:36 +0100
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation Date: March 18, 2008 Bugs: #212367 ID: 200803-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== An insecure temporary file creation vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Background ========== Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/acroread < 8.1.2-r1 >= 8.1.2-r1 Description =========== SUSE reported that the "acroread" wrapper script does not create temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates (CVE-2008-0883). Impact ====== A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0883 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0883 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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