Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libpdfbox-java package, versions <1:1.8.16-2~18.04
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- published11 Jul 2018
- disclosed3 Jul 2018
Introduced: 3 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-8036 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libpdfbox-java to version 1:1.8.16-2~18.04 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpdfbox-java package and not the libpdfbox-java package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-8036
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r43491b25b2e5c368c34b106a82eff910a5cea3e90de82ad75cc16540@%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r43491b25b2e5c368c34b106a82eff910a5cea3e90de82ad75cc16540%40%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/