{"id":"MGASA-2016-0253","summary":"Updated pdfbox packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 does not properly initialize the XML parsers,\nwhich allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity\n(XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF (CVE-2016-2175).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:57.972095904Z","published":"2016-07-14T20:33:59Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-2175"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18558"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/27/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pdfbox","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pdfbox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.7-1.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0253.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}