Adobe InDesign 15.0.0 < 16.0.0 Denial-of-service (APSB20-66)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141848

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Synopsis

The Adobe InDesign instance installed on the remote host is affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe InDesign installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 16.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB20-66 advisory.

- Adobe InDesign version 15.1.2 (and earlier) is affected by a NULL pointer dereference bug that occurs when handling a malformed .indd file. The impact is limited to causing a denial-of-service of the client application. User interaction is required to exploit this issue. (CVE-2020-24421)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe InDesign version 16.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141848

File Name: adobe_indesign_apsb20-66.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/23/2020

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:indesign

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe InDesign

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24421

IAVA: 2020-A-0493-S

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