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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-2175): libpdfbox-java vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-2175): libpdfbox-java vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpdfbox-java

References

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