Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2887. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4 on Linux allow attackers to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 10/06/2010 with Red Hat Security Response Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2887 since 07/27/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51657 (GLSA-201101-08 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165612 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:048)).

Upgrading to version 9.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51657), SecurityFocus (BID 43740†), Secunia (SA43025†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27441†). The entries VDB-4175, VDB-54940, VDB-54939 and VDB-54938 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 51657
Nessus Name: GLSA-201101-08 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801525
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities -Oct10 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.1.1

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07/27/2010 🔍
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10/05/2010 +22 days 🔍
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01/20/2011 +106 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1515 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2887 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2887
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54919

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SecurityFocus: 43740 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Linux CVE-2010-2887 Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 43025
Vulnerability Center: 27441 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Linux Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2011-0191

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 08:17
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (72), 10/16/2018 09:11 (8), 09/26/2021 08:17 (3)
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