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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: acroread
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2006:041
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: SUSE LINUX 10.1
SUSE LINUX 10.0
SUSE LINUX 9.3
SUSE LINUX 9.2
SUSE SLES 9
Vulnerability Type: unknown
Severity (1-10): 8
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2006-3093
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
Acroread security upgrade to 7.0.8
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
Various unspecified security problems have been fixed in Acrobat
Reader version 7.0.8.
Adobe does not provide detailed information about the nature of the
security problems. Therefore, it is necessary to assume that remote
code execution is possible.
Adobe does not provide update packages for Acroread that are compatible
with some of our releases from the past. Therefore, updates are missing
(and might not be provided) for the products listed as follows.
As a solution to Adobe acroread security problems on older products
we suggest removal of the package from exposed systems and to use
the longer maintained open source PDF viewers.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Enterprise Server,
Novell Linux PS 9
Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 has a new requirement on GTK+ 2.4 libraries
(previously GTK+ 2.2).
Since the above products contain only GTK+ 2.2, the Acrobat Reader
7.0.8 provided by Adobe is currently not functional.
We have postponed the updates and wait for Adobe to clarify this
problem.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 1
These versions only support Acrobat Reader 5 and could not be
upgraded for Acrobat Reader 7 due to glibc and GTK+ requirements.
We discontinued security support for Acrobat Reader on those
products some time ago already.
This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-3093.
2) Solution or Work-Around
Please install the update packages.
You can also use the open source PDF viewer replacements, as for
instance xpdf, kpdf, evince, gpdf or similar programs.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
Please close and restart all running instances of acroread after the update.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Update (YU) tool. YU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command
rpm -Fhv <file.rpm>
to apply the update, replacing <file.rpmwith the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.
x86 Platform:
SUSE LINUX 10.1:
SUSE LINUX 10.0:
SUSE LINUX 9.3:
SUSE LINUX 9.2:
Sources:
SUSE LINUX 10.1:
SUSE LINUX 10.0:
SUSE LINUX 9.3:
SUSE LINUX 9.2:
maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:
SUSE SLES 9
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
- Announcement authenticity verification:
SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.
To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command
gpg <file>
replacing <filewith the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:
gpg: Signature made <DATEusing RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team <security (AT) suse (DOT) de>"
where <DATEis replaced by the date the document was signed.
If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command
gpg
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.
There are two verification methods that can be used independently from
each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or RPM package:
1) Using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package
2) MD5 checksums as provided in this announcement
1) The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command
rpm -v <file.rpm>
to verify the signature of the package, replacing <file.rpmwith the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build (AT) suse (DOT) de with the key ID 9C800ACA.
This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.
2) If you need an alternative means of verification, use the md5sum
command to verify the authenticity of the packages. Execute the command
md5sum <filename.rpm>
after you downloaded the file from a SUSE FTP server or its mirrors.
Then compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the
SUSE security announcement. Because the announcement containing the
checksums is cryptographically signed (by security (AT) suse (DOT) de), the
checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package if the
signature of the announcement is valid. Note that the md5 sums
published in the SUSE Security Announcements are valid for the
respective packages only. Newer versions of these packages cannot be
verified.
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- General Linux and SUSE security discussion.
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- SUSE's announce-only mailing list.
SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an e-mail to
<@suse.com>.
For general information or the frequently asked questions (FAQ),
send mail to <suse-security-info (AT) suse (DOT) comor
<suse-security-faq (AT) suse (DOT) com>.
SUSE's security contact is <security (AT) suse (DOT) comor <security (AT) suse (DOT) de>.
The <security (AT) suse (DOT) depublic key is listed below.
The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced,
provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular, the
clear text signature should show proof of the authenticity of the text.
SUSE Linux Products GmbH provides no warranties of any kind whatsoever
with respect to the information contained in this security advisory.
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