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Adobe InDesign < 17.4.1 / 18.0 < 18.2.0 Application denial-of-service (APSB23-12)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 171510
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Synopsis
The Adobe InDesign instance installed on the remote host is affected by an application denial-of-service vulnerability.Description
The version of Adobe InDesign installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 17.4.1, 18.2.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB23-12 advisory.- Adobe InDesign versions ID18.1 (and earlier) and ID17.4 (and earlier) are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2023-21593)
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 17.4.1, 18.2.0 or later.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-12.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 171510
File Name: adobe_indesign_apsb23-12.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 2/15/2023
Updated: 10/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21593
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: 2/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-21593
CWE: 476
IAVA: 2023-A-0095-S