Adobe Reader and Acrobat (CVE-2009-2992) ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36695
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-2992
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 13 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 08:34AM
Credit:	David Soldera of Next Generation Security Software
Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 SuSE openSUSE 10.3 Sun Solaris 10_sparc S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0 Gentoo Linux Adobe Reader 9.1.3 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.1 Adobe Reader 8.1.6 Adobe Reader 8.1.5 Adobe Reader 8.1.4 Adobe Reader 8.1.3 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Adobe Reader 9.1 Adobe Reader 9 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Reader 8.1 Adobe Reader 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0 Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1
Not Vulnerable:	Adobe Reader 8.1.7 Adobe Reader 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.2

Adobe Reader and Acrobat (CVE-2009-2992) ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability in their ActiveX control.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious webpage.

Successful exploits may allow the attacker to crash the affected application that uses the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer), denying service to legitimate users.

This issue affects versions *prior to* Reader and Acrobat 8.1.7 and 9.2.

This issue was previously covered in BID 36638 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat (CVE-2009-2992) ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by tricking a victim into viewing a malicious webpage.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat (CVE-2009-2992) ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1

• S.u.S.E. acroread-8.1.7-0.1.1.i586.rpm
  http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/acroread-8.1.7-0.1.1 .i586.rpm

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0

• S.u.S.E. acroread-8.1.7-0.1.i586.rpm
  http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/rpm/i586/acroread-8.1.7-0.1.i 586.rpm

Adobe Reader and Acrobat (CVE-2009-2992) ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Adobe Homepage (Adobe)
  
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797 (Microsoft)
  
• APSB09-15 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe)
  
• Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for Solaris 10 May Allow Execu (Sun)