Latest security update for webPDF 8

Minimum technical requirements​

  • Java version: 11
  • webPDF version: 8 (revision 2531)

Security update

A new update for webPDF 8 is currently available with the revision number 2531.

With this security update, important core components such as OpenJDK (11.0.16+8) and Tomcat (9.0.65) have been updated. This allows you to upgrade all libraries and dependencies in use to current versions.

We strongly recommend our security updates for all customers, as they are essential for secure and reliable use of webPDF. In this case, only security updates and server-side fixes are included:

The most important fixes with revision 2531​

Server:

  • Security: Update OpenJDK to 11.0.16+8
  • Security: Update Tomcat to 9.0.65
  • Security: Update log4j to 2.18.0
  • Security: Update all libraries
  • Feature: Correct faulty XREF tables
  • Feature: Optimize Merge for file size
  • Feature: Include certificate chains for signatures
  • Feature: Improve performance for large documents (Split, Merge, Delete)
  • Fix: Exception in toolbox extract with empty documents
  • Fix: Exception with empty destination tree in PDF
  • Fix: Portfolios with identical file names in subfolders
  • Fix: Adjust memory limit for conversion of email attachments
  • Fix: Remove resource leak in merge and split

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact our support.

Downloads​

Here you can find the update as usual: Download page.

The package for Linux via our public repository can be found here: Linux packages