CVE-2018-8036 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-8036: In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-8036 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpdfbox-java→ fixed in1:1.8.15-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox-java

libpdfbox2-java→ fixed in2.0.11-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox2-java

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpdfbox-java→ fixed in1:1.8.15-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox-java

libpdfbox2-java→ fixed in2.0.11-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox2-java

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpdfbox-java→ fixed in1:1.8.15-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox-java

libpdfbox2-java→ fixed in2.0.11-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpdfbox2-java

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