Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might result in the execution of arbitrary code, or other attacks. acroread 2009-10-25 2009-10-25 289016 remote 9.2 9.2

Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Adobe Reader. For further information please consult the CVE entries and the Adobe Security Bulletin referenced below.

A remote attacker might entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, Denial of Service, the creation of arbitrary files on the victim's system, "Trust Manager" bypass, or social engineering attacks.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-9.2"
APSB09-15 CVE-2007-0045 CVE-2007-0048 CVE-2009-2979 CVE-2009-2980 CVE-2009-2981 CVE-2009-2982 CVE-2009-2983 CVE-2009-2985 CVE-2009-2986 CVE-2009-2988 CVE-2009-2990 CVE-2009-2991 CVE-2009-2993 CVE-2009-2994 CVE-2009-2996 CVE-2009-2997 CVE-2009-2998 CVE-2009-3431 CVE-2009-3458 CVE-2009-3459 CVE-2009-3462 keytoaster a3li a3li