openSUSE Security Update : apache-pdfbox (openSUSE-2018-1245)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118381

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

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

- CVE-2018-8036: A crafted file could have triggered an infinite loop which lead to DoS (bsc#1099721).

- 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-12-SP3:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected apache-pdfbox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099721

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111009

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118381

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1245.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2018

Updated: 7/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8036

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache-pdfbox-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache-pdfbox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11797, CVE-2018-8036