Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for acroread. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, as a vector for conducting cross-site request forgery attacks, or to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for acroread
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23882
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Hijacking, Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SUSE Linux 9.3
http://secunia.com/product/4933/
SUSE Linux 10
http://secunia.com/product/6221/
SUSE Linux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/10796/
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
http://secunia.com/product/12192/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for acroread. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks, as a vector for conducting
cross-site request forgery attacks, or to potentially compromise a
user's system.
For more information:
SA23483
SA23666
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
x86 Platform:
openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.i586.rpm
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SUSE LINUX 10.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/i586/acroread-7.0.9-1.2.i586.rpm
1c2d6f4028f856b208c7a63a1a085ae2
SUSE LINUX 10.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/i586/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.i586.rpm
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SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.i586.rpm
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Sources:
openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.nosrc.rpm
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SUSE LINUX 10.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/src/acroread-7.0.9-1.2.nosrc.rpm
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SUSE LINUX 10.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/src/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.nosrc.rpm
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SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/acroread-7.0.9-2.1.src.rpm
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Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages
are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:
Novell Linux Desktop 9:
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/e4aa9329743e7c8bb35f09a113da0938.html
SUSE SLED 10:
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/af82ce465dd28a7a87602e1069a0e963.html
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23483:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23483/
SA23666:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23666/
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