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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1547-1] libpdfbox-java security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

It was discovered that there was a denial-of-service vulnerability in libpdfbox-java, a PDF library for Java. A malicious PDF file could have triggered an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.

Affected Software

Affected Software

libpdfbox-java on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libpdfbox-java version 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libpdfbox-java packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)