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May 30, 2023Severity High Analysis Summary Recently, researchers discovered an advanced phishing method called “file archiver in the browser” that exploits .ZIP domains to deceive unsuspecting individuals. This […]May 28, 2023Severity High Analysis Summary An email protection and network security services provider has issued a warning regarding a zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited to compromise […]May 26, 2023Severity High Analysis Summary CVE-2023-32165 CVSS:9.8 D-Link D-View could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw in TftpReceiveFileHandler […]Threat Insights
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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Bank Servers Hacked to cause ATM cash-out
October 8, 2018Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2018-8460 & CVE-2018-8491 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
October 12, 2018
A vulnerability has been reported in Apache PDFBox, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
IMPACT: NORMAL
PUBLISH DATE: 10-08-2018
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability in Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11 can be exploited to cause Denial of Service (DoS). The vulnerability requires a specially crafted PDF file to be exploited.
ANALYSIS
An error was found in the Apache PDFBox affected versions. This error can be exploited to trigger an extremely long running computation via a specially crafted PDF file.
The PDF file is configured to start an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree. Limited information is available about the vulnerability at the time of creation of this advisory. However, updated and patched versions are available.
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.8.16 and prior to 2.0.12.
- Apache PDFBox 1.8.15
- Apache PDFBox 2.0.11
Earlier, unsupported Apache PDFBox versions may also be affected.
UPDATES
- Update Apache PDFBox 1.8.15 to 1.8.16
- Update Apache PDFBox 2.0.11 to 2.0.12
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