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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200808-10">
+ <title>Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted
+ PDF.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">acroread</product>
+ <announced>2008-08-09</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-08-09</revised>
+ <bug>233383</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/acroread" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">8.1.2-r3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2-r3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF
+ reader.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that
+ input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
+ document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2641">CVE-2008-2641</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:17Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-08-06T23:14:50Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>