Bug 452632 (CVE-2008-2641)

Summary:	CVE-2008-2641 acroread: input validation issue in a JavaScript method
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:	jan.iven, kreilly, krh
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	455834, 455835, 455837
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-06-24 07:17:23 UTC

Adobe released a security advisory APSB08-15 fixing critical issue in Adobre
Acrobat Reader:

  http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html

  A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat
  8.1.2. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could
  potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

  Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader install the 8.1.2
  Security Update 1 patch.

  [ ... ]

  This update resolves an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that
  could potentially lead to remote code execution. (CVE-2008-2641)

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-06-24 07:18:52 UTC

Adobe security advisory currently only lists Security Update 1 patch for Windows
and Macintosh versions of affected products.

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2008-07-18 07:16:02 UTC

Now fixed in upstream version 8.1.2_SU1 (Security Update 1), also for Linux/Unix
platforms:
  http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html

Comment 4 Red Hat Product Security 2008-07-25 07:51:58 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html