Update Protection against Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader JBIG2 Pattern Dictionary Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB09-07)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2009-109 | |
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| Source: | Adobe vulnerability identifier: APSB09-07 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2009-0510 CVE-2009-0511 |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Systems Acrobat Reader 9.1.1 and prior Adobe Systems Acrobat Standard 9.1.1 and prior Adobe Systems Acrobat Professional 9.1.1 and prior | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on an affected system via a specially crafted PDF file. Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open file format created by Adobe Systems. It is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device and resolution independent fixed-layout document format. Successful exploitation of this issue will cause the application to become non-responsive, and may allow execution of arbitrary code on an affected system. |
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Update/Patch Available Adobe Reader Adobe Reader users on Windows Adobe Reader users on Macintosh Acrobat Acrobat Standard, Pro and Pro Extended users on Windows Acrobat 3D users on Windows Acrobat Pro users on Macintosh |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation when handling maliciously crafted PDF files containing embedded JBIG2 streams with a malformed pattern dictionary segment. 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 will detect and block attempts to transfer malformed 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 tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.