CVE-2009-2979

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2009-2979	First vendor Publication	2009-10-19
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2010-08-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	4.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentification	None Required
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Detail

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2979

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6280

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6280
Title:	Adobe Reader and Acrobat denial of service via a crafted document
Description:	Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-2979	Version:	11
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows 7	Product(s):	Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat
Definition Synopsis:
Adobe Reader 7 Adobe Reader 7 Series is installed AND Adobe Reader 7, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Reader is less than 7.1.4 AND Adobe Reader library is less than 7.1.4.2009100300 OR Adobe Reader 8 Adobe Reader 8 Series is installed AND Adobe Reader 8, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Reader is less than 8.1.7 AND Adobe Reader library is less than 8.1.7.59 OR Adobe Reader 9 Adobe Reader 9 Series is installed AND Adobe Reader 9, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Reader is less than 9.2.0 AND Adobe Reader library is less than 9.1.0.2009022700 OR Adobe Acrobat 7 Adobe Acrobat 7 Series is installed AND Adobe Acrobat 7, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Acrobat is less than 7.1.4 AND Adobe Acrobat library is less than 7.1.4.2009100300 OR Adobe Acrobat 8 Adobe Acrobat 8 Series is installed AND Adobe Acrobat 8, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Acrobat is less than 8.1.7 AND Adobe Acrobat library is less than 8.1.7.59 OR Adobe Acrobat 9 Adobe Acrobat 9 Series is installed AND Adobe Acrobat 8, the sub-version is vulnerable Adobe Acrobat is less than 9.2.0 AND Adobe Acrobat library is less than 9.1.0.2009022700

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Adobe Acrobat cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.6 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.4 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.0.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.9 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0	24
Application	Adobe Acrobat Reader cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.6 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.5 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.0 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.9 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1 cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0	26

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

id	Description
58921	Adobe Reader / Acrobat XMP-XML Entity Expansion Unspecified DoS

Internal Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
CERT	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
CONFIRM	http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
SECTRACK	http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898

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Date	Informations
2013-05-10 23:56:12	Multiple Updates

Type	Count
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	50
osvdb(s)	1

Related	Severity
TA09-286B	(Critical)
SUN-270669	(Critical)
RHSA-2009:1499	(Critical)
GLSA-200910-03	(Critical)

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CVE-2009-2979

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

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