Adobe Reader and Acrobat Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	37760
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-3957
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 12 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 01 2010 09:22PM
Credit:	Didier Stevens
Vulnerable:	SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0 Nortel Networks Self-Service Speech Server 0 Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Application 0 Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 500 0 Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 1000 0 Nortel Networks Self-Service Media Processing Server 0 Nortel Networks CallPilot 703t Nortel Networks CallPilot 600r Nortel Networks CallPilot 201i Nortel Networks CallPilot 200i Nortel Networks CallPilot 1005r Nortel Networks CallPilot 1002rp Adobe Reader 9.1.3 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.1 Adobe Reader 8.1.7 Adobe Reader 8.1.6 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 9.2 Adobe Reader 9.1 Adobe Reader 9.0 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 8.1.7 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 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1 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 8.1.7 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 9.2 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 9.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 9.2
Not Vulnerable:	Adobe Reader 9.3 Adobe Reader 8.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2 Adobe Acrobat 9.3

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow attackers to crash the affected applications, denying service to legitimate users.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 37667 (Adobe Acrobat and Reader January 2010 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1

• S.u.S.E. acroread-9.3-0.1.1.i586.rpm
  http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/rpm/i586/acroread-9.3-0.1.1.i 586.rpm

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0

• S.u.S.E. acroread-9.3-0.1.i586.rpm
  http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/rpm/i586/acroread-9.3-0.1.i58 6.rpm

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2

• S.u.S.E. acroread-9.3-0.1.1.i586.rpm
  http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/rpm/i586/acroread-9.3-0.1.1.i 586.rpm

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Adobe Homepage (Adobe)
  
• Avaya Enterprise (Fomerly Nortel Enterprise) Response to Adobe Security Bulletin (Nortel Networks)
  
• APSB10-02 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe)