Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:11923

Info

Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11923
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-1152
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 14 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 09:26AM
Credit: Greg MacManus of iDEFENSE Labs is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.9
+ Gentoo Linux
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
+ SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
 + SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
 + SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
Not Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.10
+ Gentoo Linux

Discussion

Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A remote buffer overflow vulnerability reportedly affects the email message checking functionality in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Unix. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into static process buffers.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that activated the vulnerable application. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

It should be noted that this issue only affects Adobe Acrobat Reader for the Unix platform.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced vendor knowledgebase article.

Gentoo Linux has released an advisory (GLSA 200412-12) resolving this issue. All Adobe Acrobat Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-5.10"

For more information, please see the referenced Gentoo Linux advisory.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2004:674-07 to address this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the advisory in Web references for more information.

SuSE Linux has released a summary report (SUSE-SR:2005:001) advising that this as well as other issues have been resolved. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.9

References

Adobe Acrobat Reader Email Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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