Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF JBIG2 Stream Heap Memory Corruption (CVE-2009-1861)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-3588
Date Published:	24 Nov 2013
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 24 November, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-1861
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A heap corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability is due to an insufficient validation of tags and flags in embedded JBIG2 images in PDF files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file with an embedded JBIG2 image.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF JBIG2 Stream Heap Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF JBIG2 Stream heap memory corruption