Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3606-1 libpdfbox-java -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 24 Jun 2016
- Affected Packages:
- libpdfbox-java
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-2175.
- More information:
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It was discovered that pdfbox, a PDF library for Java, was susceptible to XML External Entity attacks.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8.12-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8.12-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libpdfbox-java packages.