Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2549: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
06/04/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-acroread
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