CVE-2018-11797
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11797
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11797.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.8.16-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.8.16-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.8.16-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.8.16-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.8.16-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=1.8.0,<1.8.16 | 1.8.16 |
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=2.0.0,<2.0.12 | 2.0.12 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11797.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11797
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx96-vgf7-hwfg
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00008.html
- 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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11797
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.