Security update for apache-pdfbox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2630-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-8036 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-8036 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for apache-pdfbox fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-8036: Fix infinite loop while parsing files that leads to an out of memory issue (bsc#1099721).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-1842=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15 (noarch)
    • apache-pdfbox-1.8.12-5.3.13

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