Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54193
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:575
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:575. The Adobe Acrobat Reader browser allows for the viewing, distributing, and printing of documents in portable document format (PDF). A buffer overflow bug has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim is tricked into opening a malicious PDF file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1625 to this issue. Please note that there is no browser plugin included with the x86_64 Adobe Acrobat Reader package Therefore the security impact of this issue on x86_64 is reduced from critical to important. Additionally Secunia Research discovered a bug in the way Adobe Acrobat Reader creates temporary files. When a user opens a document, temporary files are created which may be world readable, allowing a local user to view sensitive information. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-1841 to this issue. All users of Acrobat Reader are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Acrobat Reader version 7.0.0 and are not vulnerable to this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html http://secunia.com/advisories/14457/ Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1625 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:042 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_42_acroread.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1841 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-6/advisory/ http://secunia.com/advisories/14457
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