Adobe Acrobat PDF File Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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  3. Adobe Acrobat PDF File Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Summary
This host has Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful attacks results in Denial of Service. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat version 9.1.2 or later, For updates refer to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/?promoid=BPDDU
Insight
A Stack consumption error exists when handling a PDF file containing a large number of '[' characters to the alert method.
Affected
Adobe Acrobat version 9.1.1 and prior on Windows.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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