Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102324

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An XML external entity (XXE) parsing flaw exists that can lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-11272)

- An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11274)

- Multiple unspecified memory corruption flaws exist that can cause a memory address disclosure. (CVE-2017-3091, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.6 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?79c395bc

http://www.nessus.org/u?c3aa2f29

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102324

File Name: adobe_digital_editions_apsb17-27.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/9/2017

Updated: 6/29/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Digital Editions

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11272, CVE-2017-11274, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280, CVE-2017-3091