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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2011.0938.2 Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 20 January 2012 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Adobe Reader X Adobe Reader 9 Adobe Reader 8 Adobe Acrobat X Adobe Acrobat 9 Adobe Acrobat 8 Publisher: Adobe Operating System: Windows Mac OS X Linux variants Solaris Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2011-4374 CVE-2011-2442 CVE-2011-2441 CVE-2011-2440 CVE-2011-2439 CVE-2011-2438 CVE-2011-2437 CVE-2011-2436 CVE-2011-2435 CVE-2011-2434 CVE-2011-2433 CVE-2011-2432 CVE-2011-2431 CVE-2011-1353 Reference: ESB-2011.0922 Original Bulletin: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html Revision History: January 20 2012: Added information on CVE-2011-4374 September 14 2011: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat Release date: September 13, 2011 Last updated: January 18, 2012 Vulnerability identifier: APSB11-24 CVE numbers: CVE-2011-1353, CVE-2011-2431, CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2435, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437, CVE-2011-2438, CVE-2011-2439, CVE-2011-2440, CVE-2011-2441, CVE-2011-2442, CVE-2011-4374 Platform: All Summary Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.2 and earlier versions for UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.1). For users of Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.1), Adobe has made available updates, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and Adobe Reader 8.3.1. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1). Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.4.5 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6, and users of Adobe Acrobat 8.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 8.3.1. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier versions for UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.4.6. The next quarterly security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat are currently scheduled for January 10, 2012. Note: Support for Adobe Reader 8.x and Acrobat 8.x for Windows and Macintosh will end on November 3, 2011. For more information, please see: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8 End of Support. Affected software versions Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX Adobe Reader 8.3 and earlier 8.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Acrobat 9.4.5 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Acrobat 8.3 and earlier 8.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Solution Adobe recommends users update their software installations by following the instructions below: Adobe Reader Users can utilize the product's update mechanism. The default configuration is set to run automatic update checks on a regular schedule. Update checks 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: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/ Adobe Acrobat Users can utilize the product's update mechanism. The default configuration is set to run automatic update checks on a regular schedule. Update checks 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=1&platform=Windows. Acrobat 3D users on Windows can also find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&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 by following the instructions in the "Solution" section above. Details Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.2 and earlier versions for UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.1). For users of Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh who cannot update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.1), Adobe has made available updates, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and Adobe Reader 8.3.1. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1). Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.4.5 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6, and users of Adobe Acrobat 8.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 8.3.1. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.4.5 and earlier versions for UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.4.6. These updates resolve a local privilege-escalation vulnerability (Adobe Reader X (10.x) on Windows only) (CVE-2011-1353). These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2431). These updates resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability in the U3D TIFF Resource that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2432). These updates resolve a heap overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2433). These updates resolve a heap overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2434). These updates resolve an buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2435). These updates resolve a heap overflow vulnerability in the Adobe image parsing library that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2436). These updates resolve a heap overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2437). These updates resolve three stack overflow vulnerabilities in the Adobe image parsing library that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2438). These updates resolve a memory leakage condition vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2439). These updates resolve a use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2440). These updates resolve two stack overflow vulnerabilities in the CoolType.dll library that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2441). These updates resolve a logic error vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2011-2442). These updates resolve an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (Adobe Reader 9.x on Linux only) (CVE-2011-4374). These updates also incorporate the Adobe Flash Player updates as noted in Security Bulletin APSB11-21 and Security Bulletin APSB11-26. The next quarterly security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat are currently scheduled for January 10, 2012. 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: Paul Sabanal and Mark Yason from IBM X-Force Advanced Research (CVE-2011-1353) Zhenhua Liu of Fortinet's Fortiguard Labs (CVE-2011-1353) Vladimir Vorontsov of ONsec (CVE-2011-2431) binaryproof through Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2433,CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2435, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437, CVE-2011-2438, CVE-2011-2441) James Quirk, Los Alamos (CVE-2011-2439) An anonymous reporter via iDefense Labs (CVE-2011-2440) Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team (CVE-2011-2442) Hossein Lotfi via Secunia (CVE-2011-2438) An anonymous reporter via iDefense Labs (CVE-2011-4374) Revisions January 18, 2012 - Added information on CVE-2011-4374 November 7, 2011 - Added information on UNIX version October 21, 2011 - Changed date of next quarterly security update from December 13, 2011 to new scheduled date of January 10, 2012 September 21, 2011 - Added information on Security Bulletin APSB11-26 September 19, 2011 - Added additional Acknowledgment for CVE-2011-2438 September 13, 2011 - Bulletin released - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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