Input validation error in PDFBox and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-2175
Published: June 1, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40255
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2175
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
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. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>
Affected software
PDFBox
Debian Linux
Fedora
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
pdfbox
Debian Linux
Fedora
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
pdfbox
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2175
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM Intelligent Operations Center - update to 5.2.4
pdfbox - addressed in versions 1.8.8-6.fc23, 1.8.11-2.fc24
pdfbox - addressed in versions 1.8.8-6.fc23, 1.8.11-2.fc24
External References
- http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8@apache.org%3E
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54@%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E