Adobe Reader For Unix Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:14153

Info

Adobe Reader For Unix Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14153
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1625
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 05 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:06PM
Credit: iDEFENSE Labs discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Gentoo Linux
Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.10
+ Gentoo Linux
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) 7.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.11

Discussion

Adobe Reader For Unix Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Adobe Reader for Unix is affected by a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue by crafting a malicious PDF file and sending it to a vulnerable user. If the victim user opens this PDF file, the attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the affected computer and gain unauthorized access in the context of the user.

Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Reader For Unix 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 Reader For Unix Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Adobe Reader 7.0 as an upgrade for Adobe Reader 5.0.9 or 5.0.10 on Linux or Solaris. Adobe Reader 5.0.11 is available as an upgrade for 5.0.9 or 5.0.10 on IBM-AIX or HP-UX.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2005:575-11 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Gentoo Linux has relased advisory GLSA 200507-09 to address this issue. Users of affected packages are urged to execute the following commands with superuser privileges:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-7.0"
Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

SUSE has released advisory SUSE-SA:2005:042 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.10

Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0.9

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