Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, dereference a heap object after this object's deletion, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Specially crafted PDF documents could crash acroread or lead to execution of arbitrary code. The fixed security issues have been tracked as :

  - CVE-2010-1297

  - CVE-2010-1240

  - CVE-2010-1285

  - CVE-2010-1295

  - CVE-2010-2168

  - CVE-2010-2201

  - CVE-2010-2202

  - CVE-2010-2203

  - CVE-2010-2204

  - CVE-2010-2205

  - CVE-2010-2206

  - CVE-2010-2207

  - CVE-2010-2208

  - CVE-2010-2209

  - CVE-2010-2210

  - CVE-2010-2211

  - CVE-2010-2212

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201009-05 (Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Adobe Reader. For further     information please consult the CVE entries and the Adobe Security     Bulletins referenced below.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker might entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF     file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the     privileges of the user running the application, or bypass intended     sandbox restrictions, make cross-domain requests, inject arbitrary web     script or HTML, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0503 advisory.

    Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document     Format (PDF).

    This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. These     vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security pages APSA10-01 and     APSB10-15, listed in the References section. A specially-crafted PDF file     could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code     as the user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2010-1240,     CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-1297, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201,     CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204, CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206,     CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211,     CVE-2010-2212)

    All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain     Adobe Reader version 9.3.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All     running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take     effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Specially crafted PDF documents could crash acroread or lead to execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2010-1297, CVE-2010-1240, CVE-2010-1285, CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-2168, CVE-2010-2201, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2203, CVE-2010-2204, CVE-2010-2205, CVE-2010-2206, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2208, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211, CVE-2010-2212).

The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.3.3 / 8.2.3.  Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :
  - A social engineering attack could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1240)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1285)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1295)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. This issue is reportedly being exploited in     the wild. (CVE-2010-1297)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2168)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2201)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2202)

  - A denial of service vulnerability could potentially lead     to code execution. (CVE-2010-2204)

  - It may be possible to execute arbitrary code via     uninitialized memory locations. (CVE-2010-2205)

  - An error in array-indexing could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2206)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2207)   
  - Dereferencing a deleted heap object could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2208)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2209)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2210)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2211)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2212)

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.3.3 / 8.2.3.  Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A social engineering attack could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1240)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1285)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-1295)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. This issue is reportedly being exploited in     the wild. (CVE-2010-1297)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2168)

  - Handling of an invalid pointer could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2201)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2202)

  - A denial of service vulnerability could potentially lead     to code execution. (CVE-2010-2204)

  - It may be possible to execute arbitrary code via     uninitialized memory locations. (CVE-2010-2205)

  - An error in array-indexing could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2206)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2207)   
  - Dereferencing a deleted heap object could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2208)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2209)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2210)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2211)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2010-2212)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
51713	SuSE 10 Security Update : acroread (ZYPP Patch Number 7086)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
51701	SuSE 10 Security Update : acroread (ZYPP Patch Number 7087)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
50886	SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : acroread (SAT Patch Numbers 2637 / 2641)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
50882	SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : acroread (SAT Patch Numbers 2639 / 2640)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
49126	GLSA-201009-05 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
47869	RHEL 5 : acroread (RHSA-2010:0503)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
47694	openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0359-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
47692	openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0359-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
47690	openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0359-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
47165	Adobe Reader < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)	Nessus	Windows	high
47164	Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)	Nessus	Windows	high

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