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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0583
Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
30 June 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and prior
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 and prior
Adobe Reader 8.2.2 and prior
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 and prior
Publisher: Adobe
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-2212 CVE-2010-2211 CVE-2010-2210
CVE-2010-2209 CVE-2010-2208 CVE-2010-2207
CVE-2010-2206 CVE-2010-2205 CVE-2010-2204
CVE-2010-2203 CVE-2010-2202 CVE-2010-2201
CVE-2010-2168 CVE-2010-1297 CVE-2010-1295
CVE-2010-1285 CVE-2010-1240
Reference: ASB-2010.0139
ESB-2010.0524
Original Bulletin:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
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Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Release date: June 29, 2010
Vulnerability identifier: APSB10-15
CVE numbers: CVE-2010-1240, CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-1297,
CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204,
CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209,
CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211, CVE-2010-2212
Platform: All Platforms
Summary
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.3.2 (and
earlier versions) for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 (and
earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.2 (and
earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 (and earlier versions) for Windows
and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities, including CVE-2010-1297 referenced in
Security Advisory APSA10-01, could cause the application to crash and could
potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows,
Macintosh and UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3. (For Adobe Reader users on
Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3, Adobe has
provided the Adobe Reader 8.2.3 update.) Adobe recommends users of Adobe
Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe
Acrobat 9.3.3. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 and earlier
versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3.
Affected software versions
Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
Solution
Adobe Reader
Users can utilize the product's automatic update feature. The default
installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and
can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.
Adobe Reader users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows.
Adobe Reader users on Macintosh can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh.
Adobe Reader users on UNIX can find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix.
Adobe Acrobat
Users can utilize the product's automatic update feature. The default
installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and can
be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.
Acrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows can also find the appropriate update
here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows.
Acrobat Pro Extended users on Windows can also find the appropriate update
here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows.
Acrobat 3D users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows.
Acrobat Pro users on Macintosh can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh.
Severity rating
Adobe categorizes these as critical updates and recommends that users apply
the latest updates for their product installations.
Summary
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.3.2 (and
earlier versions) for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 (and
earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.2 (and
earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 (and earlier versions) for Windows
and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities, including CVE-2010-1297 referenced in
Security Advisory APSA10-01, could cause the application to crash and could
potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows,
Macintosh and UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3. (For Adobe Reader users on
Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3, Adobe has
provided the Adobe Reader 8.2.3 update.) Adobe recommends users of Adobe
Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe
Acrobat 9.3.3. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 and earlier
versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3.
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2010-1297).
Note: There are reports that this issue is being actively exploited in the
wild.
This update mitigates a social engineering attack that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-1240).
This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2010-1285).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2010-1295).
This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2168).
This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2201).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2202).
This update resolves a UNIX-only memory corruption vulnerability that could
lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2203).
This update resolves a denial of service vulnerability; arbitrary code
execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible (CVE-2010-2204).
This update resolves an uninitialized memory vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2010-2205).
This update resolves an array-indexing error vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2010-2206).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2207).
This update resolves a dereference deleted heap object vulnerability that could
lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2208).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2209).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2210).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2211).
This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code
execution (CVE-2010-2212).
Acknowledgements
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for
reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our
customers:
* Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team (CVE-2010-1285,
CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2212)
* Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) (CVE-2010-1295)
* Didier Stevens (CVE-2010-1240)
* Philippe Lagadec of NATO C3 Agency (CVE-2010-1240)
* An anonymous researcher through TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
(CVE-2010-2202)
* James Quirk of Los Alamos, New Mexico (CVE-2010-2203)
* Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab (CVE-2010-2204)
* Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research (CVE-2010-2205)
* Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research (CVE-2010-2206)
* Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team (CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208,
CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211)
Revisions
June 29, 2010 - Updated URL for UNIX release.
June 29, 2010 - Bulletin released.
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