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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200803-26.xml b/glsa-200803-26.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cb5b587d --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200803-26.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200803-26"> + <title>Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + An insecure temporary file creation vulnerability has been discovered in + Adobe Acrobat Reader. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">acroread</product> + <announced>March 18, 2008</announced> + <revised>March 18, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>212367</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.1.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Acrobat Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + SUSE reported that the "acroread" wrapper script does not create + temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates + (CVE-2008-0883). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite + arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0883">CVE-2008-0883</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:19:39 +0000"> + mfleming + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:20 +0000"> + mfleming + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:28:58 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |