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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200808-10">
<title>Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
<synopsis>
Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted
PDF.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
<announced>2008-08-09</announced>
<revised>2008-08-09: 01</revised>
<bug>233383</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">8.1.2-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2-r3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF
reader.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that
input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r3"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2641">CVE-2008-2641</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:17Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:50Z">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>
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