Security update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Security update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Release date: April 13, 2010

Vulnerability identifier: APSB10-09

CVE numbers: CVE-2010-0190, CVE-2010-0191, CVE-2010-0192, CVE-2010-0193, CVE-2010-0194, CVE-2010-0195, CVE-2010-0196, CVE-2010-0197, CVE-2010-0198, CVE-2010-0199, CVE-2010-0201, CVE-2010-0202, CVE-2010-0203, CVE-2010-0204, CVE-2010-1241

Platform: All Platforms
Summary

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.3.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.1 (and earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities 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 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.3.2. (For Adobe Reader users on Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader 9.3.2, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.2.2 update.) Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8.2.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Acrobat 8.2.2.
Affected software versions

Adobe Reader 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 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://get.adobe.com/reader/.

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.
Details

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.3.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.1 (and earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1 (and earlier versions) for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities 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 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX update to Adobe Reader 9.3.2. (For Adobe Reader users on Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader 9.3.2, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.2.2 update.) Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8.2.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Acrobat 8.2.2.

This update resolves a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0190).

This update resolves a prefix protocol handler vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0191).

This update resolves a denial of service vulnerability; arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible (CVE-2010-0192).

This update resolves a denial of service vulnerability; arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible (CVE-2010-0193).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0194).

This update resolves a font handling vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0195).

This update resolves a denial of service vulnerability; arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible (CVE-2010-0196).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0197).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0198).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0199).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0201).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0202).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0203).

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-0204).

This update resolves a heap-based overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-1241).
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:

* Billy Rios and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) (CVE-2010-0190, CVE-2010-0191)
* Aki Helin of Oulu University Secure Programming Group (CVE-2010-0192)
* Microsoft Vulnerability Research Program (MSVR) (CVE-2010-0193)
* Bing Liu of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (CVE-2010-0194)
* An anonymous researcher reported through TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2010-0195)
* Vulnerability Research Team, TELUS Security Labs (CVE-2010-0196)
* James Quirk of Los Alamos, New Mexico (CVE-2010-0197)
* Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team (CVE-2010-0198, CVE-2010-0199, CVE-2010-0202, CVE-2010-0203)
* Felipe Andres Manzano through the iSIGHT Partners Global Vulnerability Partnership (CVE-2010-0201)
* Greg MacManus of iSIGHT Partners Labs (CVE-2010-0204)
* Haifei Li of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (CVE-2010-1241)