FreeBSD : acroread5 -- mailListIsPdf() buffer overflow vulnerability (28e93883-539f-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 18879

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports :

Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow in version 5.09 of Adobe Acrobat Reader for Unix could allow for execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability specifically exists in a the function mailListIsPdf(). This function checks if the input file is an email message containing a PDF. It unsafely copies user-supplied data using strcat into a fixed sized buffer.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 18879

File Name: freebsd_pkg_28e93883539f11d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:acroread, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:acroread4, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:acroread5, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1152

CERT: 253024

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