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GLSA-200508-11 : Adobe Reader: Buffer Overflow

🗓️ 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200508-11 (Adobe Reader: Buffer Overflow) A buffer overflow has been reported within a core application plug-in, which is part of Adobe Reader. An attacker may create a specially crafted PDF file, enticing a user to open it. This could trigger a buffer overflow as the file is being loaded, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. There is no known workaround at this time

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-11.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(19484);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2470");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200508-11");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200508-11 : Adobe Reader: Buffer Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200508-11
(Adobe Reader: Buffer Overflow)

    A buffer overflow has been reported within a core application
    plug-in, which is part of Adobe Reader.
  
Impact :

    An attacker may create a specially crafted PDF file, enticing a
    user to open it. This could trigger a buffer overflow as the file is
    being loaded, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200508-11"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/acroread-7.0.1.1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:acroread");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/08/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/08/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-text/acroread", unaffected:make_list("ge 7.0.1.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 7.0.1.1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Adobe Reader");
}

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06 Jan 2021 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.05582
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