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CVE-2016-2175
Published: Jun 1, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2017:0179
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[www-announce] 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-3606
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
x_refsource_CONFIRM
90902
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2017:0272
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0248
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0249
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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