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Debian: DSA-3606-1: libpdfbox security update

Date 24 Jun 2016

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

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

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3606-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 24, 2016                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : libpdfbox-java
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-2175

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.

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