cve-2016-2175
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-01 20:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:17
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E
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  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.