PT-2016-5048 · Apache · Apache Pdfbox

Published 2016-06-01 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2016-2175

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache PDFBox versions prior to 1.8.12 Apache PDFBox versions 2.x prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF, due to improper initialization of the XML parsers.

Recommendations For Apache PDFBox versions prior to 1.8.12, update to version 1.8.12 or later. For Apache PDFBox versions 2.x prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2175

DLA-505-1

DSA-3606-1

GHSA-4C32-XMGJ-2G98

MGASA-2016-0253

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10208-1

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

References · 30

• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2175 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2175 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2175 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.html · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0253 · Vendor Advisory
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2175 · Vendor Advisory