Input validation error in PDFBox and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-2175

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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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2175
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Debian
Affected software:
PDFBox
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

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>


How to mitigate CVE-2016-2175

Install update from vendor's website.

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