Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200507-09.
Solution
Since Adobe will most likely not update the 5.0 series of Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux, all users should upgrade to the latest available version of the 7.0 series:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/acroread-7.0'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200507-09 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98101
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html
Insight
Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-1625 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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