CVE-2019-0228: Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability
Severity: Important
Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache PDFBox 2.0.14
Description:
Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows
context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a
crafted XFDF.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 2.0.15
Credit:
This issue was discovered by Kurt Boberg from DocuSign
[1] https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing
