Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document
Format (PDF).
Multiple security flaws were discovered in Adobe Reader. 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-2009-0198, CVE-2009-0509, CVE-2009-0510, CVE-2009-0511, CVE-2009-0512,
CVE-2009-0888, CVE-2009-0889, CVE-2009-1855, CVE-2009-1856, CVE-2009-1857,
CVE-2009-1858, CVE-2009-1859, CVE-2009-1861, CVE-2009-2028)
All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain
Adobe Reader version 8.1.6, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All
running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take
effect.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 5 | i386 | acroread | <ย 8.1.6-2.el5 | acroread-8.1.6-2.el5.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | acroread-plugin | <ย 8.1.6-2.el5 | acroread-plugin-8.1.6-2.el5.i386.rpm |