| Name | CVE-2016-2175 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-505-1, DSA-3606-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libpdfbox-java (PTS) | jessie | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1:1.8.12-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid, buster | 1:1.8.16-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libpdfbox-java | source | (unstable) | 1:1.8.12-1 | high | ||
| libpdfbox-java | source | jessie | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1 | high | DSA-3606-1 | |
| libpdfbox-java | source | wheezy | 1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1 | high | DLA-505-1 |
Fixed on upstream 1.8 branch in https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
Fixed on upstream 2.0 branch in https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565