CVE-2021-27807 - Excessive Iteration

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 3 years ago

2021-03-19 16:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-12-06 21:33:00

Affected Software

Fedora 32

32

Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 11.1.2.4

11.1.2.4

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.5

8.5.5

Oracle Primavera Unifier 18.8

18.8

Oracle WebCenter Sites 12.2.1.3.0

12.2.1.3.0

Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.1

8.1

References

[oss-security] 20210319 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

N/A

[pdfbox-users] 20210319 CVE-2021-27807: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

[announce] 20210320 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

[pdfbox-users] 20210320 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch trunk updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch release18.12 updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Created] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch release17.12 updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Closed] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

[pdfbox-dev] 20210322 OSS-Fuzz integration

[oss-security] 20210319 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[announce] 20210320 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[pdfbox-dev] 20210322 OSS-Fuzz integration

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch trunk updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[pdfbox-users] 20210320 CVE-2021-27807: Apache PDFBox: a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch release18.12 updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Created] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

N/A

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[pdfbox-users] 20210319 CVE-2021-27807: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-framework] branch release17.12 updated: Fixed: Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906 (OFBIZ-12205)

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Closed] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210321 [jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

FEDORA-2021-93469e0030

FEDORA-2021-dc83ae690a

FEDORA-2021-8b17a2725e

FEDORA-2021-dc83ae690a

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2021-8b17a2725e

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2021-93469e0030

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210405 [jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

[james-notifications] 20210501 [GitHub] [james-project] chibenwa opened a new pull request #414: [UPGRADE] Adopt Apache Tika 1.26

[pdfbox-dev] 20210518 CVE's

[ofbiz-notifications] 20210405 [jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-12205) Upgrade Apache PDFBox to 2.0.23 because of CVE-2021-27807 and CVE-2021-27906

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[james-notifications] 20210501 [GitHub] [james-project] chibenwa opened a new pull request #414: [UPGRADE] Adopt Apache Tika 1.26

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[pdfbox-dev] 20210518 CVE's

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

N/A

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

N/A

Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Patch, Third Party Advisory

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