Adobe Acrobat PDF File Denial Of Service Vulnerability
🗓️ 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat < 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-15) | 14 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Adobe Reader < 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-15) | 14 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200910-03 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities | 26 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : acroread (RHSA-2009:1499) | 15 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : acroread (acroread-1426) | 26 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : acroread (acroread-1426) | 26 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| SuSE 11 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (SAT Patch Number 1425) | 26 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| SuSE 11 Security Update : acroread_ja (SAT Patch Number 1424) | 26 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| SuSE 10 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (ZYPP Patch Number 6582) | 27 Jan 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| SuSE 10 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (ZYPP Patch Number 6583) | 27 Jan 201100:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148 |
| security-database | www.security-database.com/detail.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801104");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-06 07:21:15 +0200 (Tue, 06 Oct 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3431");
script_name("Adobe Acrobat PDF File Denial Of Service Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.security-database.com/detail.php?alert=CVE-2009-3431");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Acrobat/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attacks results in Denial of Service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Acrobat version 9.1.1 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A Stack consumption error exists when handling a PDF file containing a large
number of '[' characters to the alert method.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat version 9.1.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"9.1.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"9.1.2", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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