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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0368 -- [Solaris] Adobe Reader: Execute Arbitrary Code 16 April 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Adobe Reader Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2009-1062 CVE-2009-1061 CVE-2009-0928 CVE-2009-0927 CVE-2009-0658 CVE-2009-0193 Ref: ESB-2009.0286 AL-2009.0018 Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Solution Type: Sun Alert Solution 256788 : Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-04) Bug ID: 6816953 Product Solaris 10 Operating System SA Document Body Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-04) 1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier for Solaris 10 may allow remote unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code or crash the Adobe Reader application, thereby causing a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. These vulnerabilities may be exploited via specially crafted PDF files. These issues are also described in the following documents: APSA09-01 at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html APSB09-03 at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-03.html APSB09-04 at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html CVE-2009-0658 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0658 CVE-2009-0193 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0193 CVE-2009-0927 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0927 CVE-2009-0928 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0928 CVE-2009-1061 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1061 CVE-2009-1062 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1062 2. Contributing Factors These issues can occur in the following release: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 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 up to and including version 7.0.9 and versions 8.0 through 9.0 are affected by these issues. To determine the version of Adobe Reader installed on the system, the following command can be run: $ /usr/bin/acroread -version 7.0.1 Earlier versions of Adobe Reader on Solaris 10 only shipped acroread in /usr/sfw/bin which do not support the '-version' option, so for such instances, the following command can be used instead: $ cat `pkgchk -l -P AcroVersion | awk '/Pathname/ { print $2 }'` 5.0.10 3. Symptoms If the described issues have been exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), the Adobe Reader application will crash, potentially leaving a core file depending on the system configuration. There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate that these issues have been exploited to execute arbitrary code. 4. Workaround To avoid the described issues, do not load PDF files from untrusted sources. For the buffer overflow vulnerability described in CVE-2009-0658: Disabling JavaScript may prevent this vulnerability from being exploited. Acrobat JavaScript can be disabled in the General preferences dialog of Adobe Reader with the following: 1. Edit -> Preferences -> JavaScript 2. Un-check Enable Acrobat JavaScript Note that this workaround will not prevent the vulnerability from being exploited, but will only prevent one of the most common exploits used against this vulnerability. Until patches can be applied, the risk of these vulnerabilities can be mitigated by preventing PDF documents from being opened automatically by the Web browser. In Firefox 2.0, this can be set by changing the default action for PDF documents with the following: 1. Open the Preferences dialog from the Edit menu 2. Select Contents tab. 3. Click on Manage button in File Types block. 4. Select PDF in the list and click Change Action. 5. Select 'Save them on my computer' option and click OK. Note that this workaround will reduce the risk of exploitation but will not prevent the issue from being exploited. In addition, the risk of these vulnerabilities can mitigated by disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader as mentioned above. JavaScript is not necessary for these vulnerabilities to be exploited, but if JavaScript is disabled it is typically more difficult to do so. Interim Security Relief (ISR) is available from http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches for the following release: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 IDR141324-01 Note: This document refers to one or more Interim Security Relief (ISRs) which are designed to address the concerns identified herein. Sun has limited experience with these (ISRs) due to their interim nature. As such, you should only install the ISRs on systems meeting the configurations described above. Sun may release full patches at a later date, however, Sun is under no obligation whatsoever to create, release, or distribute any such patch. 5. Resolution A final resolution is pending completion. For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557. This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the information contained herein. ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. 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