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Adobe Reader Unspecified Heap Corruption Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23666
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Release Date:
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2007-01-10
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Last Update:
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2007-01-22
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Adobe Reader 6.x
Adobe Reader 7.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5857 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Piotr Bania has reported a vulnerability in Adobe Reader, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when processing PDF files. This can be exploited to cause a heap corruption and may allow execution of arbitrary code when a specially-crafted PDF file is opened.
The vulnerability is reported in version 7.0.8 and prior. Other versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 7.0.9 or upgrade to version 8.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Piotr Bania
Changelog:
2007-01-22: Added link to US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#698924:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924
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