PT-2018-3490 · Apache+1 · Apache Pdfbox+1

Published 2018-10-05 · Updated 2021-05-21 · CVE-2018-11797

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.15 Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.0RC1 through 2.0.11

Description: The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Apache PDFBox library, which can be exploited by a specially crafted PDF file. This can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree, potentially leading to a denial of service.

Recommendations: For Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.15, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.0RC1 through 2.0.11, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the PDF parsing functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02659

CVE-2018-11797

DLA-1547-1

GHSA-GX96-VGF7-HWFG

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3384-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3798-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10622-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3755-1

SUSE-SU-2018_3318-1

SUSE-SU-2018_3755-1

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

Suse

References · 32

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gx96-vgf7-hwfg · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3755-1 · Vendor Advisory
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• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11797 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11797 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11797 · Vendor Advisory
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• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1547-1 · Vendor Advisory