CVE-2018-11797

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  3. CVE-2018-11797
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

07 Nov 2023, 02:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[announce] 20181006 [UPDATE][CVE-2018-11797] DoS vulnerability in Apache PDFBox parser', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[announce] 20181005 [CVE-2018-11797] DoS vulnerability in Apache PDFBox parser', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-6fa01d12b4', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-9e91afa2be', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E', 'name': "[pdfbox-dev] 20210518 CVE's", 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/ -
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/ -
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E -
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E -

21 May 2021, 16:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*		 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (N/A) https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html - (N/A) https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E - (MLIST) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

18 May 2021, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E -
Information

Published : 2018-10-05 20:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-11797

Mitre link : CVE-2018-11797

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-11797

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

  • pdfbox

oracle

  • retail_xstore_point_of_service

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo