MGASA-2016-0253

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0253
Related
Published
2016-07-14T20:33:59Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:43:06.991964Z
Summary
Updated pdfbox packages fix security vulnerability
Details

Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF (CVE-2016-2175).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / pdfbox

Package

Name
pdfbox
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pdfbox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.7-1.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.json"