Security readout for executives and security teams
Apache PDFBox versions before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 could parse malicious PDF content unsafely, enabling XML External Entity attacks. Business urgency depends on whether systems process untrusted PDFs with affected PDFBox versions. Exposure is most likely in applications, services, or document-processing pipelines that accept PDFs from users, email, portals, integrations, or batch imports and rely on vulnerable Apache PDFBox versions. Prioritize remediation where PDF processing is internet-facing, customer-facing, or handles emailed documents. Internal-only systems with controlled PDF inputs are lower urgency but still should be upgraded. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 1.8.12, 2.0.1, or a later supported release.; Apply relevant Debian or Red Hat security updates for packaged PDFBox dependencies.; Identify transitive PDFBox use through application dependency inventories..
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- [tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864259 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ...CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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