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Unscored RHSA-2008:0641 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: acroread security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_extras:3 acroread 0:8.1.2.SU1-2
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_extras:3 acroread-plugin 0:8.1.2.SU1-2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 rhel_extras:4 acroread 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 rhel_extras:4 acroread-plugin 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 rhel_extras:5::client acroread 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 rhel_extras:5::client acroread-plugin 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 rhel_extras:5::server acroread 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 rhel_extras:5::server acroread-plugin 0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-0883

    acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporar…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-2641 EPSS 24%

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.9 and earlier, and 8.0 through 8.1.2, allows remote attackers…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436263
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452632
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0641.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0883
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0883
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0883
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2641
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2641
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2641