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3949 - Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

ID: 3949
Date: 30/06/2010

Title: 3949 - Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Platform level affected:Operating System
Specific operating systems components affected: 32-bit Windows
Other software: Generic Document Format
Remediation Summary:Update your copy of the software with the download available from the supplier.
Vendors affected:Adobe
Applications affected:Reader and Acrobat
Adversity source: Unknown
Attack Vector: Vulnerability exploitation
Virulence: Unknown
Warning Status: Unknown
Potential Damage: Remote execution/modification
Possible Duration: Unknown
Availability of fix: Available
Type of fix: Patch
Source: Adobe
Reliability of source: Trusted
Source URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
CVE: CVE-2010-1240, CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-1297, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204, CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211, CVE-2010-2212
Abstract: Description of a new security update to Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Release date: June 29, 2010

Vulnerability identifier: APSB10-15

CVE numbers: CVE-2010-1240, CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-1297, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204, CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211, CVE-2010-2212

Platform: All Platforms

Summary
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.3.2 (and earlier versions) for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.2 (and earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities, including CVE-2010-1297 referenced in Security Advisory APSA10-01, could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3. (For Adobe Reader users on Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader 9.3.3, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.2.3 update.) Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3.

Affected software versions
Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

Solution
Adobe Reader
Users can utilize the product's automatic update feature. The default installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

Adobe Reader users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows.

Adobe Reader users on Macintosh can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh.

Adobe Reader users on UNIX can find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix.

Adobe Acrobat
Users can utilize the product's automatic update feature. The default installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

Acrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows.

Acrobat Pro Extended users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows.

Acrobat 3D users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows.

Acrobat Pro users on Macintosh can also find the appropriate update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh.

Severity rating
Adobe categorizes these as critical updates and recommends that users apply the latest updates for their product installations.

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-1297).
Note: There are reports that this issue is being actively exploited in the wild.

This update mitigates a social engineering attack that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-1240).

This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-1285).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-1295).

This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2168).

This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2201).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2202).

This update resolves a UNIX-only memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2203).

This update resolves a denial of service vulnerability; arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible (CVE-2010-2204).

This update resolves an uninitialized memory vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2205).

This update resolves an array-indexing error vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2206).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2207).

This update resolves a dereference deleted heap object vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2208).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2209).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2210).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2211).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2212).

Acknowledgements
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team (CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2212)
Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) (CVE-2010-1295)
Didier Stevens (CVE-2010-1240)
Philippe Lagadec of NATO C3 Agency (CVE-2010-1240)
An anonymous researcher through TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2010-2202)
James Quirk of Los Alamos, New Mexico (CVE-2010-2203)
Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab (CVE-2010-2204)
Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research (CVE-2010-2205)
Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research (CVE-2010-2206)
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team (CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211)
Revisions
June 29, 2010 - Updated URL for UNIX release.
June 29, 2010 - Bulletin released.

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