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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2898
Security updates available for Adobe Digital Editions | APSB17-39
15 November 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Adobe Digital Editions
Publisher: Adobe
Operating System: Windows
OS X
Apple iOS
Android
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-11301 CVE-2017-11300 CVE-2017-11299
CVE-2017-11298 CVE-2017-11297 CVE-2017-11273
Original Bulletin:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-39.html
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Adobe Security Bulletin
Applies to: Digital Editions
Security updates available for Adobe Digital Editions | APSB17-39
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
|Bulletin ID |Date Published |Priority |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
|APSB17-39 |November 14, 2017 |3 |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Digital Editions for Windows,
Macintosh, iOS, and Android. This update addresses an XML external entity
processing vulnerability rated critical that could lead to information
disclosure, out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities that could lead to the
disclosure of memory addresses and a memory corruption vulnerability that could
lead to the disclosure of memory addresses.
Affected product versions
+------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
| Product | Version | Platform |
+------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
|Adobe Digital Editions |4.5.6 and earlier |Windows, Macintosh, iOS |
| |versions |and Android |
+------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and
recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
+------------------------+--------+----------+---------+----------------------+
|Product |Version |Platform |Priority |Availability |
+------------------------+--------+----------+---------+----------------------+
| | |Windows |3 |Download Page |
| | +----------+---------+----------------------+
| | |Macintosh |3 |Download Page |
|Adobe Digital Editions |4.5.7 +----------+---------+----------------------+
| | |iOS |3 |iTunes |
| | +----------+---------+----------------------+
| | |Android |3 |Playstore |
+------------------------+--------+----------+---------+----------------------+
Note:
o Customers using Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.6 can download the update from
the Adobe Digital Editions download page, or utilize the product's update
mechanism when prompted.
o For more information, please reference the release notes.
Vulnerability details
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Vulnerability Category |Vulnerability Impact|Severity |CVE Numbers |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Unsafe parsing of XML External |Information |Critical |CVE-2017-11273|
|Entities |Disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Out-of-bounds read |Memory address |Important|CVE-2017-11297|
| |disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Out-of-bounds read |Memory address |Important|CVE-2017-11298|
| |disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Out-of-bounds read |Memory address |Important|CVE-2017-11299|
| |disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Out-of-bounds read |Memory address |Important|CVE-2017-11300|
| |disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
|Memory Corruption |Memory address |Important|CVE-2017-11301|
| |disclosure | | |
+-------------------------------+--------------------+---------+--------------+
Acknowledgments
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:
o Steven Seeley of Source Incite (CVE-2017-11273)
o Jaanus Kaap, Clarified Security (CVE-2017-11297, CVE-2017-11298,
CVE-2017-11299, CVE-2017-11300)
o Riusksk of Tencent Security Platform Department (CVE-2017-11301)
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