PT-2019-5795 · Apache · Apache Pdfbox

Published 2019-04-12 · Updated 2022-04-29 · CVE-2019-0228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache PDFBox version 2.0.14

Description The issue is related to the incorrect restriction of XML external entity references in the Java library Apache PDFBox. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks using a specially crafted XFDF file. The XML parser is not properly initialized, allowing context-dependent attackers to perform these attacks.

Recommendations For Apache PDFBox version 2.0.14, consider disabling the XML parser or restricting its use until a patch is available to prevent XXE attacks. As a temporary workaround, avoid using crafted XFDF files that could exploit this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-02442

CVE-2019-0228

GHSA-C9JJ-3WVG-Q65H

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

References · 28

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0228 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-02442 · Security Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/be86fcd7cd423a3fe6b73a3cb9d7cac0b619d0deb99e6b5d172c98f4@%3Ccommit.tika.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2141abeddae66dd57025f1681c8425834062b7c0c7e0b1d830a95d%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8757 · Telegram Post
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a19bd6d43e359913341043c2a114f91f9e4ae170059539ad1f5673c@%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32b8102392a174b17fd19509a9e76047f74852b77b7bf46af95e45a2@%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32b8102392a174b17fd19509a9e76047f74852b77b7bf46af95e45a2%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E · Note