vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2016-2175: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 1, 2016 | Aug 2, 2017 | Jan 26, 2018 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 1, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2017
Modified
Jan 26, 2018
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.
Solution
suse-upgrade-apache-pdfbox
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