| Name | CVE-2019-0228 |
| Description | Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpdfbox-java (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:1.8.12-1 | fixed |
| buster, bullseye, bookworm | 1:1.8.16-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.8.16-5 | fixed |
| libpdfbox2-java (PTS) | buster | 2.0.13-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.0.23-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.0.27-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.29-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- libpdfbox2-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
- libpdfbox-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/12/1
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4505
Fixed by: https://svn.apache.org/r1856952 (2.0.15)