Security Bulletin
Summary
This Security Bulletin provides steps to manually upgrade ApachePDFBox for IBM DataQuant.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-31811
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory exception while loading a file. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-31812
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error while loading a file. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203587 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| DataQuant for z/OS | 2.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Please see 'Workarounds and Mitigations'
Workarounds and Mitigations
Below are the manual steps for DataQuant on Windows for updating ApachePDFBox version -
- Close DataQuant.
- Delete the plugin pdfbox-1.7.0.jar present in the location where DataQuant in installed -> C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins\com.ibm.bi.thirdparty_2.1.7.20170216\Other
- Download the pdfbox plugin from https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi. or https://archive.apache.org/dist/pdfbox/2.0.24/ Copy the plugin pdfbox-2.0.24.jar to the folder where DataQuant is installed -> C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins\com.ibm.bi.thirdparty_2.1.7.20170216\Other
- Rename the jar from pdfbox-2.0.24.jar to pdfbox-1.7.0.jar.
- Relaunch DataQuant.
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References
Change History
29 Sep 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 September 2021
UID
ibm16494151