Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF file denial of service
| acrobatreader-pdf-dos (42886) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of PDF files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.4 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to APSB08-19 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system.
References:
- Adobe Web site: Adobe - Adobe Reader download.
- APSB08-19: Security Update available for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8.
- NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2008009218, Rev 1: Nortel Response to Adobe Vulnerability Identifier APSB08-19 .
- NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2009009504, Rev 1: Nortel: Technical Support: Nortel Response to Sun Alert 249366 - Solaris 10 - Multiple Security Vulnerabilities.
- Sun Alert ID: 249366: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code.
- ASA-2008-439: acroread security update (RHSA-2008-0974)
- ASA-2009-018: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code (Sun 249366)
- BID-29420: Adobe Reader Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2549: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
- GLSA-200901-09: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
- RHSA-2008-0974: Critical: acroread security update
- SA32872: SUSE Update for Multiple Packages
- SA35163: Nortel Media Processing Server Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2008:026: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-3001: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-0098: Sun Solaris Adobe Reader Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.10
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.11
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.6
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1
- 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 7.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
- Gentoo Linux
- Nortel Media Processing Server 1000
- RedHat RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
- RedHat RHEL Extras 3
- RedHat RHEL Extras 4
- RedHat RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
Reported:
May 29, 2008
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