XML entity expansion in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2979

Vulnerability identifier: #VU2013

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2979

CWE-ID: CWE-776

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to XMP-XML entity expansion. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and trigger the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

Update Adobe Reader for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX to version 9.2:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix
Update Adobe Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh to version 9.2:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
• Gentoo update for Adobe Reader
• openSUSE update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for acroread