SB2018102421 - OpenSUSE Linux update for apache-pdfbox

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SB2018102421 - OpenSUSE Linux update for apache-pdfbox

Published: October 24, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018102421
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11797)

The vulnerability vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a target system.

The vulnerability exists in the Apache PDFBox parser due to improper processing of PDF files when parsing the page tree. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a PDF file that submits malicious input to the targeted system, trigger an infinite loop condition, which could lead to an out-of-memory exception and result in a DoS condition.


2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8036)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to infinite loop when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supple specially crafted (or fuzzed) file, trigger out of memory exception and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References