CVE-2016-2175
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 1, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 29, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2017:0179vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
- [www-announce] 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerabilitymailing-list
- DSA-3606vendor-advisory
- 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerabilitymailing-list
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
- 90902vdb-entry
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
- RHSA-2017:0272vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0248vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0249vendor-advisory
- [tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864259 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ...mailing-list
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