MGASA-2021-0378 - Updated pdfbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 27 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0378.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-31811,
     CVE-2021-31812

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an
OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox
version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-31811).

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop
while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and
prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-31812).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29125
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/MDJKJQOMVFDFIDS27OQJXNOYHV2O273D/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31811
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31812

SRPMS:
- 8/core/pdfbox-2.0.24-1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0378: pdfbox security update

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file

Summary

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-31811).
In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-31812).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29125

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/MDJKJQOMVFDFIDS27OQJXNOYHV2O273D/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31811

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31812

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0378 - Updated pdfbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 8/core/pdfbox-2.0.24-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 27 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0378.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-31811, CVE-2021-31812

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