64 lines
1.9 KiB
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64 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200803-26">
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<title>Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
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<synopsis>
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An insecure temporary file creation vulnerability has been discovered in
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Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
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<announced>March 18, 2008</announced>
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<revised>March 18, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>212367</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">8.1.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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SUSE reported that the "acroread" wrapper script does not create
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temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates
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(CVE-2008-0883).
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
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arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0883">CVE-2008-0883</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:19:39 +0000">
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mfleming
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:20 +0000">
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mfleming
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:28:58 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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