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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200408-14">
<title>acroread: UUDecode filename buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
acroread contains two errors in the handling of UUEncoded filenames that
may lead to execution of arbitrary code or programs.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
<announced>August 15, 2004</announced>
<revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
<bug>60205</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">5.09</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">5.08</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
acroread is Adobe's Acrobat PDF reader for Linux.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
acroread contains two errors in the handling of UUEncoded filenames.
First, it fails to check the length of a filename before copying it
into a fixed size buffer and, secondly, it fails to check for the
backtick shell metacharacter in the filename before executing a command
with a shell.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By enticing a user to open a PDF with a specially crafted filename, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code or programs with the permissions
of the user running acroread.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version of acroread.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All acroread users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=app-text/acroread-5.09&quot;
# emerge &quot;&gt;=app-text/acroread-5.09&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=124&amp;type=vulnerabilities">iDEFENSE Advisory 124</uri>
<uri link="http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=125&amp;type=vulnerabilities">iDEFENSE Advisory 125</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0630">CVE-2004-0630</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0631">CVE-2004-0631</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:56:36 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>