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TITLE:
Gentoo update for acroread

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33460

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33460/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for acroread. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

For more information:
SA29773

SOLUTION:
Update to version "app-text/acroread-8.1.3" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200901-09.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29773:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29773/

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