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Bug 87935 - app-text/acroread: Local Files Detection Weakness
Summary: app-text/acroread: Local Files Detection Weakness
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename....
Whiteboard: ~4 [ebuild] lewk
Keywords:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-04-04 11:01 UTC by Luke Macken (RETIRED)
Modified: 2005-04-08 11:24 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Luke Macken (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-04 11:01:27 UTC 
TITLE:
Adobe Reader Local Files Detection Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14813

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14813/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Adobe Reader 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4546/

DESCRIPTION:
NISCC has reported a weakness in Adobe Reader, which can be exploited
by malicious people to enumerate files on a user's system.

The problem is caused due to an error in the "LoadFile()" method
making it possible to determine if a queried local file exists.

The weakness has been reported in version 7.0 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.0.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
NISCC

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
NISCC:
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050401-00264.pdf
Comment 1 Luke Macken (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-04 11:03:18 UTC 
printing, please verify/advise/bump.
Comment 2 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-08 06:52:45 UTC 
Adding recent bumper, since herd is dead

genstef: you added 7.0, please bump to 7.0.1
Comment 3 Luke Macken (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-08 11:24:51 UTC 
This is a Windows only issue, which the original email did not state.

*shakes his fist at secunia*