Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin # character denial of service

adobe-acrobat-character-dos (31273)

Low Risk

Description:

The Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. By creating a specially-crafted URL to a PDF file appended with multiple "#" characters, a remote attacker could cause the browser to crash, if the attacker could persuade the victim to click the malicious URL.

Note: This vulnerability only affects users running Internet Explorer.

Platforms Affected:

• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.1 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.1 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.2 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.2 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.3 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.3 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.4 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.4 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.5 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.5 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.6 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.6 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.7 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.8 Professional
• Adobe, Acrobat 7.0.8 Standard
• Adobe, Acrobat 3D
• Adobe, Acrobat Elements 7.0.8
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0.1
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0.2
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0.3
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0.4
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 6.0.5
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.1
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.2
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.3
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.4
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.5
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.6
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.7
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader 7.0.8
• Adobe, Acrobat Reader Plugin 7.0.8
• Gentoo, Linux
• Novell, Linux Desktop 9
• Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
• SuSE, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
• SuSE, SuSE SLED 10
• SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
• Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin (8.0.0 or later), available from the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Web site. See References.

For SUSE Linux (Acrobat Reader):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:011 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Web site, Adobe - Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/.
• Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Jan 03 2007 - 11:22:49 CST, Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin - Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0062.html.
• BID-21858: Adobe Reader Plugin Open Parameters Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-0048: Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, when used with Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL.
• FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0032: Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Cross Site Scripting and Command Execution Vulnerabilities
• GLSA-200701-16: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
• SECTRACK ID: 1017469: Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Execute Arbitrary Code
• SUSE-SA:2007:011: Acrobat Reader 7.0.9 update

Reported:

Jan 03, 2007

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