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Adobe Digital Editions < 4.0.1 Information Disclosure (APSB14-25) (Mac OS X)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78680

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Synopsis

The version of Adobe Digital Editions on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 4.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to the transmission of sensitive data in cleartext.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions 4.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?11545739

http://www.nessus.org/u?c3aa2f29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78680

File Name: macosx_adobe_digital_editions_apsb14-25.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/24/2014

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8068

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Digital Editions

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8068