__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Security Update for Adobe reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 [APSB08-15] June 26, 2008 17:00 GMT Number S-326 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. PLATFORM: Adobe Reader 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 7.0.9 and earlier DAMAGE: DoS and potentially take control of the affected system. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. This vulnerability would cause the ASSESSMENT: spplication to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. ______________________________________________________________________________ CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: 7.5 TEMPORAL SCORE: 6.2 VECTOR: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C) ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-326.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html ADDITIONAL LINK: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788019 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2008-2641 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start APSB08-15 *****] Security Update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 Release date: June 23, 2008 Vulnerability identifier: APSB08-15 CVE number: CVE-2008-2641 Platform: All platforms Affected software versions: Adobe Reader 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 7.0.9 and earlier NOTE: Adobe Reader 7.1.0 and Acrobat 7.1.0 are not vulnerable to this issue. Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9, expected to be available by July 2008, are also not vulnerable to this issue. Summary A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader install the 8.1.2 Security Update 1 patch. Solution Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader Adobe recommends Adobe Reader 8 users update to Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1, available at the links below: For Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3967 For Macintosh: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3966 Adobe recommends Acrobat 8 users on Windows update to Acrobat 8.1.2 Security Update 1, available here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3976 Adobe recommends Acrobat 8 users on Macintosh update to Acrobat 8.1.2 Security Update 1, available here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3977 Adobe recommends Acrobat 3D Version 8 users on Windows update to Acrobat 3D Version 8.1.2 Security Update 1, available here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3975 Users with Adobe Reader 7.0 through 7.0.9 should upgrade to Adobe Reader 7.1.0: http://www.adobe.com/go/getreader. Acrobat 7 Adobe recommends Acrobat 7 users on Windows update to Acrobat 7.1.0, available here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows Adobe recommends Acrobat 7 users on Macintosh update to Acrobat 7.1.0, available here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform= Macintosh Severity rating Adobe categorizes this as an critical issue and recommends affected users update their installations. Details A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat and Adobe Reader update their product installations using the instructions above to protect themselves from potential vulnerabilities. Adobe Reader 7.1.0 and Acrobat 7.1.0 are not vulnerable to this issue. This update resolves an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution. (CVE-2008-2641) NOTE: there are reports that this issue is being exploited in the wild. Acknowledgments Adobe would like to thank the Information Security Team of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for reporting the relevant issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers' security. Adobe Disclaimer License agreement By using software of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries ("Adobe"); you agree to the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree with such terms and conditions; do not use the software. The terms of an end user license agreement accompanying a particular software file upon installation or download of the software shall supersede the terms presented below. 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[***** End APSB08-15 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Adobe for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams worldwide. CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. 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