Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-09 (acroread)

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.