| Name | CVE-2018-11797 |
| Description | In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree. |
| 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-1547-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 910390, 910391 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libpdfbox-java (PTS) | stretch | 1:1.8.12-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, sid, buster, bullseye | 1:1.8.16-2 | fixed | |
| libpdfbox2-java (PTS) | buster | 2.0.13-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.0.23-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 2.0.25-1 | 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 | jessie | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2 | DLA-1547-1 | ||
| libpdfbox-java | source | (unstable) | 1:1.8.16-1 | 910390 | ||
| libpdfbox2-java | source | (unstable) | 2.0.12-1 | 910391 |
[stretch] - libpdfbox-java <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/4
https://svn.apache.org/r1842131 (branch 2.0)
https://svn.apache.org/r1842278 (branch 1.8)