MGASA-2021-0184

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    MGASA-2021-0184

    Published: 12 Apr 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated pdfbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-27807). A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions (CVE-2021-27906).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0184.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28682, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/9, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/10

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pdfbox

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/pdfbox?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.23-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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