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TITLE:
Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45978

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader /
Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges and by malicious people to disclose potentially
sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and
compromise a user's system.

1) An unspecified error can be exploited to gain escalated
privileges.

This vulnerability affects Adobe Reader X for Windows only.

2) An unspecified error can be exploited to bypass certain security
restrictions.

3) An unspecified error related to a U3D TIFF Resource can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

4) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow.

5) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow.

6) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

7) An unspecified error in the image parsing library can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

8) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow.

9) Three unspecified errors in the image parsing library can be
exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows.

10) An unspecified error can be exploited to disclose the contents of
memory.

11) A user-after-free error can be exploited to dereference already
freed memory.

12) Two unspecified errors in the CoolType.dll library can be
exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows.

13) A logic error can be exploited to corrupt memory.

14) The application bundles a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash
Player.

For more information:
SA45583

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products:
* Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier for Windows and Macintosh.
* Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX.
* Adobe Reader 8.3 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh.
* Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) and earlier for Windows and Macintosh.
* Adobe Acrobat 9.4.5 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh.
* Adobe Acrobat 8.3 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) Paul Sabanal and Mark Yason, IBM X-Force Advanced Research.
1) Zhenhua Liu, Fortinet's Fortiguard Labs.
2) Vladimir Vorontsov, ONsec.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12) binaryproof via ZDI.
10) James Quirk, Los Alamos.
11) An anonymous person via iDefense Labs.
13) Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html

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