Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 265330 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1020816.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6854786 Product Solaris 10 Operating System Date of Workaround Release 11-Aug-2009 Date of Resolved Release 01-Sep-2009 Multiple security vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat: 1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions prior to 9.1.2, 8.1.6, and 7.1.3 may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Adobe Reader or crash the Adobe Reader application, thereby causing a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. These issues are also described in the following documents: APSB09-07 at: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html 2. Contributing Factors These issues can occur in the following release: SPARC Platform
Note 2: All versions of Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 prior to 9.1.2 are affected by these issues. All versions of Adobe Acrobat 8 prior to 8.1.6 and all versions of Adobe Acrobat 7 prior to Acrobat 7.1.3 are affected by these issues as well. To determine the version of Adobe Reader installed on the system, the following command can be run: $ /usr/bin/acroread -versionEarlier versions of Adobe Reader on Solaris 10 only shipped acroread in /usr/sfw/bin which do not support the "-version" option, so for such instances, the following command can be used instead: $ cat `pkgchk -l -P AcroVersion SUNWacroread | awk '/Pathname/ { print $2 }'`3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate that these issues have been exploited to execute arbitrary code. 4. Workaround To avoid the described issues, do not load PDF files from untrusted sources. 5. Resolution These issues are addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform
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