Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — GLSA 200808-10

Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.

Affected packages

Background

Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader.

Description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated.

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r3"

References

• CVE-2008-2641

Release date
August 09, 2008

Latest revision
August 09, 2008: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 233383