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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:3798-1 Moderate Advisory for Apache-Pdfbox DoS

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest release for apache-pdfbox resolves a vulnerability affecting openSUSE Leap 15.0, improving overall system security and reliability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for apache-pdfbox fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2018-11797: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely

long running computation when parsing the page tree. (bsc#1111009):

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue DoS openSUSE Leap apache-pdfbox

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1422=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

apache-pdfbox-1.8.12-lp150.4.6.1

apache-pdfbox-javadoc-1.8.12-lp150.4.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11797.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111009

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3798-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue DoS openSUSE Leap apache-pdfbox

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