Name | CVE-2019-0228 |
Description | Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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libpdfbox-java (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 1:1.8.16-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.8.16-5 | fixed |
libpdfbox2-java (PTS) | bullseye | 2.0.23-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.0.27-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.29-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- libpdfbox2-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
- libpdfbox-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/12/1
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4505
Fixed by: https://svn.apache.org/r1856952 (2.0.15)