Bug 920180 (CVE-2013-2549)

Summary: CVE-2013-2549 acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CanSecWest 2013)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: mkasik
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Bug Depends On: 962943, 962944, 962945, 962946    
Bug Blocks: 920183, 961684    

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-11 14:08:27 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-2549 to the following vulnerability:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "break into the sandbox," as demonstrated by George Hotz during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2549
[2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
[3] http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-03-18 05:09:30 UTC
Statement:

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Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-15 09:03:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0826 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0826.html