Signature Detail

HTTP: Adobe Reader Remote Denial Of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Reader. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

Adobe Reader is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. The cause of this issue is unknown. Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to crash the application and trigger denial-of-service conditions, denying further service to legitimate users. Given the nature of this issue, code execution may be possible, but this has not been confirmed.

Affected Products

• Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat 3D
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.0
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.3
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.4
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.5
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.6
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.7
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.8
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Update 1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.0
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.3
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.4
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.5
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.6
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.7
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.8
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2
• Adobe Reader 3.0.0
• Adobe Reader 4.0.0
• Adobe Reader 4.0.0 5
• Adobe Reader 4.0.0 5c
• Adobe Reader 4.0.5 A
• Adobe Reader 5.0.0
• Adobe Reader 5.0.10
• Adobe Reader 5.0.5
• Adobe Reader 5.1.0
• Adobe Reader 6.0.0
• Adobe Reader 6.0.1
• Adobe Reader 6.0.2
• Adobe Reader 6.0.3
• Adobe Reader 6.0.4
• Adobe Reader 7.0.0
• Adobe Reader 7.0.1
• Adobe Reader 7.0.2
• Adobe Reader 7.0.3
• Adobe Reader 7.0.4
• Adobe Reader 7.0.5
• Adobe Reader 7.0.6
• Adobe Reader 7.0.7
• Adobe Reader 7.0.8
• Adobe Reader 7.0.9
• Adobe Reader 7.1
• Adobe Reader 8.0
• Adobe Reader 8.1
• Adobe Reader 8.1.1
• Adobe Reader 8.1.2
• Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1
• Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
• Avaya Interactive Response 3.0
• Gentoo Linux
• Nortel Networks CallPilot 1002Rp
• Nortel Networks CallPilot 1005R
• Nortel Networks CallPilot 201I
• Nortel Networks CallPilot 600R
• Nortel Networks CallPilot 703T
• Nortel Networks Self-Service - CCSS7
• Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 1000
• Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 500
• Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Application
• Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Workstation
• Nortel Networks Self-Service Speech Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 Server
• Sun Solaris 10 Sparc
• SuSE Linux 10.0 Ppc
• SuSE Linux 10.0 X86
• SuSE Linux 10.0 X86-64
• SuSE Linux 10.1 Ppc
• SuSE Linux 10.1 ppc64
• SuSE Linux 10.1 X86
• SuSE Linux 10.1 X86-64
• SuSE Linux Personal 10.0.0 OSS
• SuSE Linux Personal 10.1
• SuSE Linux Personal 10.2
• SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 X86 64
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.0.0
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.0.0 OSS
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.1
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.2
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 X86 64
• SuSE Novell Linux Desktop 9.0.0
• SuSE Novell Linux Desktop SDK 9.0.0
• SuSE Open-Enterprise-Server 1
• SuSE Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0.0
• SuSE Open-Enterprise-Server
• SuSE openSUSE 10.1
• SuSE openSUSE 10.2
• SuSE openSUSE 10.3
• SuSE openSUSE 11.0
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP1
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server RT Solution 10
• SuSE SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0.0
• SuSE SuSE Linux Open-Xchange 4.1.0
• SuSE SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0.0
• SuSE SuSE Linux School Server for i386
• SuSE UnitedLinux 1.0.0

References

• BugTraq: 29420
• CVE: CVE-2008-2549