[security-alerts] FW: [SA21014] Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> TITLE:
> Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA21014
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/21014/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Moderately critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> System access
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Adobe Acrobat 6.x
> http://secunia.com/product/1809/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when distilling
> files to PDF. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a
> specially crafted file.
> 
> Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
> 
> The vulnerability has been reported in versions 6.0 through 6.0.4 for
> Windows and Macintosh.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 6.0.5.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> Adobe:
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-09.html
>