Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader Image Texture Malformed RGBA File Memory Corruption (APSB11-03; CVE-2011-0591)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-059
Date Published: 8 Mar 2011
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 16 July, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-0591
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Adobe Acrobat and Reader products include a plugin to parse the U3D image files inside PDF documents. The Universal 3D format can link to external image files, for example in RGBA format, that provide texture data for the 3D objects. RGBA is a file extension for Silicon Graphics Image File Format. A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability is due to a 3D file parsing input validation error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat when parsing an external texture file in RGBA format. A remote attacker could trigger this issue via a specially crafted RGBA file that uses run-length encoding for its pixel data. 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 file is loaded on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks the transferring of specially crafted RGBA 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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader Image Texture Malformed RGBA File Memory Corruption (APSB11-03) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Reader image texture malformed RGBA file memory corruption (APSB11-03)

×
  Feedback
This website uses cookies for its functionality and for analytics and marketing purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies. For more information, please read our Cookies Notice.
OK