Bug 431985 (CVE-2008-0655)

Summary:	CVE-2008-0655 acroread: unspecified vulnerabilities
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hgarcia, kreilly, krh
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0655
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Last Closed:	2008-07-21 09:36:47 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	432657, 432658, 432659
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-02-08 09:02:57 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-0655 to the following vulnerability:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader before 8.1.2 have
unknown impact and attack vectors.

References:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb403079&sliceId=1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27641
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0425
http://secunia.com/advisories/28802

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-02-08 09:07:55 UTC

SecurityFocus in exploit section for bid links to Immunity web page.   According
to other sources, Immunity's CANVAS provides working PoC:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Adobe-Ships-Silent-Fix-for-Critical-PDF-Reader-Flaw/

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2008-02-08 10:06:19 UTC

Adobe advisory with no details provided at the moment:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html

Comment 5 Red Hat Product Security 2008-07-21 09:36:47 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html