Excessive Iteration Affecting libpdfbox2-java package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBPDFBOX2JAVA-1304894
  • published 13 Jun 2021
  • disclosed 12 Jun 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 libpdfbox2-java.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpdfbox2-java package and not the libpdfbox2-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High