SB2018070304 - Denial of service in Apache PDFBox 



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

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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.