Sicherheitsupdate Adobe Reader und Acrobat

Adobe behebt für seine Produkte Adobe Reader und Adobe Acrobat einige als sehr kritisch eingestufte Sicherheitslücken. Betroffen sind Benutzer der Betriebssysteme Windows, MAC und Linux mit den Versionen 9.x und 8.x. Die Schwachstellen kann die betroffenen Anwendungen zum Absturz bringen wodurch möglicherweise ein Angreifer die Kontrolle über das gesamte betroffene System übernehmen kann.

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Changelog Reader 9.3, Acrobat 8.2
(Security Bulletin APSB10-02):

– resolves a vulnerability in the parsing of JPEG data that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3794).

– resolves a data injection vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3796).

– resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3797).

– resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3798 ).

– resolves an integer overflow vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3799).

– resolves multiple crash vulnerabilities that could potentially lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3800).

– resolves a Windows-only local file name access vulnerability in the Flash Player ActiveX control that could potentially lead to information disclosure (CVE-2009-3951). This updates the previously patched issue, CVE-2008-4820