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CVE-2018-11796
published 2018-10-09

CVE-2018-11796: In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. However, Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse…

PriorityP341high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
6.88%
93.3th percentile
In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. However, Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse, which, for Xerces2 parsers, as per the documentation, removes the user-specified SecurityManager and thus removes entity expansion limits after the first parse. Apache Tika versions from 0.1 to 1.19 are therefore still vulnerable to entity expansions which can lead to a denial of service attack. Users should upgrade to 1.19.1 or later.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachetika
apachetika0.1 – 1.19
debiantika

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
ghsa7.5HIGH
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_apache7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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