CVE-2016-2175

NameCVE-2016-2175
DescriptionApache 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-505-1, DSA-3606-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libpdfbox-java (PTS)bookworm, bullseye1:1.8.16-2fixed
sid, trixie1:1.8.16-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libpdfbox-javasourcewheezy1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1DLA-505-1
libpdfbox-javasourcejessie1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1DSA-3606-1
libpdfbox-javasource(unstable)1:1.8.12-1

Notes

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

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