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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0651 -- [Solaris]
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may
lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code
4 August 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Adobe Reader
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-2042 CVE-2008-0726 CVE-2008-0667
CVE-2008-0655 CVE-2007-5666 CVE-2007-5663
CVE-2007-5659 CVE-2007-4768
Ref: AL-2008.0054
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-239286-1
Revision History: August 4 2008: Solution added
June 27 2008: Initial Release
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Solution Type: Sun Alert
Solution 239286 : Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe
Reader may lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code
Bug ID: 6684941
Product
Solaris 10 Operating System
Date of Workaround Release: 25-Jun-2008
Date of Resolved Release: 01-Aug-2008
SA Document Body
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may lead to Execution of
Arbitrary Code
1. Impact
Multiple security vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may allow remote
unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of
the local user. These vulnerabilities may include validation check
errors within the Adobe Reader's JavaScript handling, a heap-based
buffer overflow in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE)
library, and an untrusted search path error.
Adobe Reader is the free viewing companion to Adobe Acrobat. Adobe
Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print Portable Document
Format (PDF) files.
These issues are described in the following documents:
APSB08-13 at
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
CVE-2008-0667 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0667
CVE-2007-5666 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5666
CVE-2007-5659 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5659
CVE-2007-5663 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5663
CVE-2008-0726 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0726
CVE-2008-0655 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0655
CVE-2008-2042 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2042
CVE-2007-4768 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4768
2. Contributing Factors
These issues can occur in the following release:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 without patch 121136-02 (Adobe Reader Plugin) and patch
121104-03 (Adobe Reader)
Notes:
1. Solaris 8, Solaris 9, Solaris 10 on the x86 platform and
OpenSolaris do not ship Adobe Reader and therefore are not
affected by this issue.
2. All versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat up to and including
version 7.0.8 are affected by these issues. Solaris 10 ships
Acrobat Reader 7.0.
To determine the version of Adobe Reader installed on a system, the
following command can be run:
$ /usr/bin/acroread -version
7.0.1
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate these issues
have been exploited to execute arbitrary code.
4. Workaround
To avoid the described issues, do not load PDF files from untrusted
sources.
To work around the issues described in CVE-2008-0667, CVE-2007-5659,
CVE-2007-5663, and CVE-2008-2042, JavaScript can be disabled in the
browser application.
This can done in Mozilla as follows:
1. Open the 'Preferences' dialog from the Edit menu
2. Select the 'Advanced' tree
3. Select the 'Scripts & Plug-ins' leaf
4. Uncheck the 'Navigator' check box
5. Click the OK button
This can be done in Firefox as follows:
1. Open the 'Preferences' dialog from the Edit menu
2. Select the 'Content' tab
3. Uncheck the 'Enable JavaScript' check box
4. Click the Close button
5. Resolution
These issues are addressed in the following release:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 121136-02 (Adobe Reader Plugin) and patch
121104-03 (Adobe Reader)
For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical
Instruction ID 213557.
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