Update Protection against Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF Font Data Length Heap Corruption Vulnerability (APSB11-03)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-066 | |
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| Source: | Adobe Security Bulletin APSB11-03 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2011-0594 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Reader X (10.0) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX Adobe Acrobat X (10.0) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh | ||
| Vulnerability Description A heap corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe Reader and Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's core technology, the Portable Document Format (PDF), a format that has become the de facto standard in the electronic document exchange. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system. |
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Update/Patch Available Adobe has released an advisory to address this vulnerability. |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to the way Adobe Reader and Acrobat parse a PDF file containing malformed font data. A remote attacker could trigger this issue via a specially crafted PDF file. Successful exploitation will create a denial of service condition, causing the application to become non-responsive, and may allow execution of arbitrary code once a malicious PDF file is loaded on a vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
This protection detects and blocks the transferring of specially crafted PDF files over HTTP.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection taband select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.
Additional Information