Bug 621687 (CVE-2010-2862)

Summary:	CVE-2010-2862 acroread: integer overflow flaw allows remote arbitrary code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jrb, mkasik
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	624839, 624840, 625503
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Description Vincent Danen 2010-08-05 19:57:25 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-2862 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2010-2862
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2862
Assigned: 20100727
Reference: MISC: http://securityevaluators.com/files/papers/CrashAnalysis.pdf
Reference: MISC: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737/
Reference: SECUNIA:40766
Reference: URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/40766

Integer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and 9.3.3, and
Acrobat 9.3.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
TrueType font with a large maxCompositePoints value in a Maximum
Profile (maxp) table.


This is also mentioned in the following Adobe bulletin:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-17.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2010-08-20 11:40:59 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2010:0636 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0636.html