58921 : Adobe Reader / Acrobat XMP-XML Entity Expansion Unspecified DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-10-13

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a flaw that may allow a denial of service. The issue is triggered an unspecified error occurs during the expansion of XMP-XML entities, and will result in loss of availability for the program.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade Reader to version 9.2 or higher and Acrobat users to upgrade to version 7.1.4, 8.1.7, 9.2 or higher as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Adobe has provided updates to Reader 7.1.4 and 8.1.7.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated	Acrobat	9.1.3
	Adobe Reader	9.1.3
		8.1.6
		7.1.3

References

Security Tracker: 1023007
CVE ID: 2009-2979 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36638
Secunia Advisory ID: 37141 37149 37247
Related OSVDB ID: 58906 58907 58908 58909 58910 58911 58912 58913 58914 58915 58916 58917 58918 58919 58920 58922 58923 58924 58925 58926 58927 58928 58929
Other Advisory URL: http://blog.didierstevens.com/2009/11/02/cve-2009-2979-or-the-xml-bombed-pdf/
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270669-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00005.html
Vendor URL: http://www.adobe.com/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200910-03.xml
News Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600883
CERT: TA09-286B

Tools & Filters

	42119

Credit

Didier Stevens

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-10-20 | Disagree?

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