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TITLE:
Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50281

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-14

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe
Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

1) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a stack-based
buffer overflow.

2) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

3) An unspecified error can be exploited to corrupt memory.

4) Another unspecified error can be exploited to corrupt memory.

5) Another unspecified error can be exploited to corrupt memory.

6) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow.

7) Multiple unspecified errors can be exploited to corrupt memory.

8) Two unspecified errors can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Note: Vulnerability #8 affects the Macintosh platform only.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of
arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products:
* Adobe Reader X and Acrobat X versions 10.1.3 and prior for Windows
and Macintosh.
* Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.5.1 and prior for Windows and
Macintosh.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Pavel Polischouk, TELUS Security Labs
2) An anonymous person via Beyond Security
3) Mateusz Jurczyk, Google Security Team
4, 8) James Quirk
5) John Leitch, Microsoft
6) Nicolas Grégoire via iDefense
7) Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind, Google Security Team

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-16.html

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