Multiple JBIG2 Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader

Notification Type: IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Advisory
Notification Date: June 09, 2009
Notification Version: 1.0
   
Name: Multiple JBIG2 Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
Public disclosure/
In the wild date:
June 09, 2009
Aliases: APSB09-07
CVE: CVE-2009-0509, CVE-2009-0510, CVE-2009-0511, CVE-2009-0512, CVE-2009-0888, CVE-2009-0889
Description:

Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are vulnerable to six vulnerabilities leading to remote code execution by improperly parsing JBIG2-encoded data streams in PDF files.

Discoverer: Mark Dowd of the IBM X-Force

 

ISS Coverage

Product Content Version
Proventia Network IDS
Proventia Network IPS
Proventia Network MFS
Proventia Server (Linux)
RealSecure Network
RealSecure Server Sensor
29.040
Proventia Desktop
Proventia Server IPS (Windows)
2380
Propagation Techniques ISS Protection Available

remote exploit

JBIG2_Adobe_Integer_Overflow
Image_Pattern_Overflow
Image_Pattern_Corruption
Image_Grid_Overflow
Image_Halftone_Corruption

Mar 10, 2009
Apr 14, 2009
Apr 14, 2009
Apr 14, 2009
Apr 14, 2009

Detailed Description

Business Impact: If a user is enticed to open a malformed PDF file through email, a Web browser, or another vector, this vulnerability could be used to execute code with the privileges of that user. Malformed document files are frequently used by computer criminals to install spyware or other malware on victim PCs.
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
  Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete
Adjusted Temporal Score: 6.9
  Exploitability: Unproven
Remediation Level: Official-Fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed
Affected Products: For a full list of affected versions, see references below.
Technical Description:

The Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader products contain six memory corruption vulnerabilities in the code responsible for parsing the various sections of JBIG2-encoded data streams within a PDF file. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely to execute code.

PDF documents are composed of several streams, which may be optionally encoded using one of several filters. One such filter, the JBIG2 filter, contains multiple memory corruption and memory allocation vulnerabilities:

CVE-2009-0509 - a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Text Region of the JBIG segments embedded in the file. 

CVE-2009-0510 - a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Pattern Dictionary of the JBIG segments embedded in the file.

CVE-2009-0511 - a memory allocation problem due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Pattern Dictionary of the JBIG segments embedded in the file.

CVE-2009-0888 - a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Halftone Region of the JBIG segments embedded in the file.

CVE-2009-0889 - a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Halftone Region Grid Area of the JBIG segments embedded in the file.

CVE-2009-0512 - a memory allocation problem due to failure to adequately check integers read from the Halftone Region of the JBIG segments embedded in the file.

Remediation:

Patches are available for this issue. See References for details.

References

XFDB: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49239
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49240
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49241
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49242
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49269
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49270
Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html

Revision History

1.0 Initial publication.

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