Chapter 4. Updated Packages
4.1. acroread
Updated acroread packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links associated with each description below.
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Security Fix
- CVE-2012-1530, CVE-2013-0601, CVE-2013-0602, CVE-2013-0603, CVE-2013-0604, CVE-2013-0605, CVE-2013-0606, CVE-2013-0607, CVE-2013-0608, CVE-2013-0609, CVE-2013-0610, CVE-2013-0611, CVE-2013-0612, CVE-2013-0613, CVE-2013-0614, CVE-2013-0615, CVE-2013-0616, CVE-2013-0617, CVE-2013-0618, CVE-2013-0619, CVE-2013-0620, CVE-2013-0621, CVE-2013-0623, CVE-2013-0626
- This update fixes several security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-02. A specially-crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened.
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.5.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links associated with each description below.
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Security Fix
- CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641
- This update fixes two security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-07. A specially-crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened.
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.5.4, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect
Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links associated with each description below.
Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Security Fixes
- CVE-2013-2549, CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719, CVE-2013-2720, CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723, CVE-2013-2724, CVE-2013-2725, CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2727, CVE-2013-2729, CVE-2013-2730, CVE-2013-2731, CVE-2013-2732, CVE-2013-2733, CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736, CVE-2013-3337, CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, CVE-2013-3341
- This update fixes multiple security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-15. A specially-crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened.
- CVE-2013-2737
- This update also fixes an information leak flaw in Adobe Reader.
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.5.5, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect.
