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:

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.