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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/glsa.xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201206-14">
  <title>Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might allow remote
    attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct various other attacks.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
  <announced>June 22, 2012</announced>
  <revised>June 22, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>405949</bug>
  <bug>411499</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">9.5.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">9.5.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Adobe Reader is a closed-source PDF reader.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Reader, including an
      integer overflow in TrueType Font handling (CVE-2012-0774) and multiple
      unspecified errors which could cause memory corruption. 
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
      file, possibly resulting in  execution of arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/acroread-9.5.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4370">CVE-2011-4370</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4371">CVE-2011-4371</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4372">CVE-2011-4372</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4373">CVE-2011-4373</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0774">CVE-2012-0774</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0775">CVE-2012-0775</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0776">CVE-2012-0776</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0777">CVE-2012-0777</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:22:21 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:12:35 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>