RHSA-2008:0641Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: acroread security update

Published
July 21, 2008
Last Modified
June 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2008-0883 →CVE-2008-2641 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-0883 — acroread: insecure handling of temporary files CVE-2008-2641 — acroread: input validation issue in a JavaScript method

🎯 Affected products30

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • acroread-plugin-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (5)