Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-3656. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3657.

The weakness was presented 10/06/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3656. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49172 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. 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 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49172) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27554†). See VDB-54940, VDB-54939, VDB-54937 and VDB-54936 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 49172
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)
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OpenVAS ID: 801524
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -Oct10 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0

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09/28/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1620 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54938

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SecurityFocus: 43057
Secunia: 41340
Vulnerability Center: 27554 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and Mac OS X DoS Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/21/2025 07:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (56), 03/07/2017 09:43 (6), 09/26/2021 09:44 (6), 09/26/2021 09:47 (3), 01/21/2025 07:30 (19)
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