Adobe Security Bulletin: January 10

January 10, 2012 - Qualys® Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability check in QualysGuard® to protect organizations against a vulnerability present in Adobe products that were announced today. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their QualysGuard subscription.

Adobe has released 1 security patch to fix newly discovered flaws in Shockwave. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-01)
SEVERITY: Critical  4
QUALYS ID: 119838
VENDOR REFERENCE: APSB12-01
CVE REFERENCE: CVE-2011-2462 | CVE-2011-4369 | CVE-2011-4370 | CVE-2011-4371 | CVE-2011-4372 | CVE-2011-4373
CVSS SCORES: Base 9.3 | Temporal 7.7
THREAT: Adobe Acrobat and Reader are applications for handling PDF files. Adobe Acrobat and Reader are exposed to multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-2462, CVE-2011-4369, CVE-2011-4370, CVE-2011-4371, CVE-2011-4372, CVE-2011-4373). Affected Softwares: Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Acrobat 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh
IMPACT: Successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities might allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
SOLUTION: Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.2). For users of Adobe Reader 9.4.7 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, who cannot update to Adobe Reader X (10.1.2), Adobe has made available the update Adobe Reader 9.5. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.2). Adobe recommends users of Adobe Acrobat 9.4.7 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Acrobat 9.5.

This new vulnerability check is included in Qualys vulnerability signature 2.2.20-3. Each QualysGuard account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the QualysGuard HOME menu, select the Account Info tab.

SELECTIVE SCAN INSTRUCTIONS USING QUALYSGUARD:

To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:

1. Ensure access to TCP ports 135 and 139 are available.
2. Enable Windows Authentication (specify Authentication Records).
3. Enable the following Qualys IDs:

- 119838

4. If you would like the scan to return the Windows Hostname, also include QID 82044 and ensure access to UDP port 137 is available.
5. If you would like to be notified if QualysGuard is unable to logon to a host (if Authentication fails), also include QID 105015.

In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Matrix Report, available from the QualysGuard HOME page.

For more information, customers may contact Qualys Technical Support directly at support@qualys.com or by telephone toll free at:
US: 1 866.801.6161 | EMEA: 33 1 44.17.00.41 | UK: +44 1753 872102

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