PT-2018-11791 · Apache · Tika-Parsers+1

Published 2018-04-25 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-1339

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Tika versions prior to 1.18 org.apache.tika:tika-parsers versions prior to 1.18

Description A carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's ChmParser, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue can be exploited via a fuzzed file.

Recommendations For Apache Tika versions prior to 1.18, update to version 1.18 or later to resolve the issue. For org.apache.tika:tika-parsers versions prior to 1.18, update to version 1.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the ChmParser until a patch is available.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1339

GHSA-P699-3WGC-7H72

Affected Products

Apache Tika

Tika-Parsers

References · 14

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1339 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1339 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p699-3wgc-7h72 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/tika · Note
• https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/1b6ca3685c196cfd89f5f95c19cc919ce10c5aff#diff-43f8cbe58aaab159ce88bd95fafc46dd · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d2cb5c819401bb075e2a1130e0d14f0404a136541a6f91da0225828%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d2cb5c819401bb075e2a1130e0d14f0404a136541a6f91da0225828@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/25/7 · Note