SB2018070304 - Denial of service in Apache PDFBox
Published: July 3, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018070304
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8036)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to infinite loop when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supple specially crafted (or fuzzed) file, trigger out of memory exception and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.