Vigil@nce - Apache PDFBox: denial of service via OutOfMemory
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/03/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via OutOfMemory of Apache
PDFBox, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apache-PDFBox-denial-of-service-via-OutOfMemory-34972