56113 : Adobe Reader / Acrobat PDF File FlateDecode Filter Parameter Handling Unspecified Overflow
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-02-25	2009-02-25	2009-06-09	2009-06-09

Time to Patch
104 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1856" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Integer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing unspecified parameters to the FlateDecode filter, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.1.3, 8.1.6, 9.1.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1022361
Related OSVDB ID: 56106 56107 56108 56109 56110 56111 56112 56114 56115 56116 56117 56118 56119
CVE ID: 2009-1856 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 34580 35496 35655 35685 35734 36286
Bugtraq ID: 35274 35294
ISS X-Force ID: 51021
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-06/0138.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=807
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265330-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
RHSA-2009:1109
CERT: TA09-161A

Tools & Filters

Snort	15709
	39355 40805

Credit

Jun Mao - iDefense Labs
Ryan Smith - iDefense Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-06-12 | Disagree?

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