PT-2017-9024 · Apache · Apache Tika

Pierre Ernst · Published 2017-04-06 · Updated 2020-08-19 · CVE-2016-6809

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Tika versions prior to 1.14

Description The issue allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. This occurs because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.14, update to version 1.14 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the deserialization of MATLAB files until a patch is available. Restrict access to the JMatIO module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6809

GHSA-J8G6-2WH7-6439

Affected Products

Apache Tika

References · 21

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6809 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6809 · Security Note
• https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6809 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6809 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/tika · Note
• https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/8a68b5d474205cc91cbbb610d4a1c05af57f0610 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9@%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94247 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E · Note