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Red Hat update for acroread
Secunia Advisory: SA31136
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Release Date: 2008-07-22
Popularity: 1,238 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras v. 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras v. 4
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client)
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0883
CVE-2008-2641
Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for acroread. This fixes a security issue and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA29229
SA30832

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Original Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html

Other References:
SA29229:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29229/

SA30832:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30832/

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