PT-2018-18382 · Apache · Apache Tika

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8017

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 1.2 through 1.18

Description: A carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.

Recommendations: For Apache Tika versions 1.2 through 1.18, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a carefully crafted file can cause an infinite loop. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8017

GHSA-J53J-GMR9-H8G3

Affected Products

Apache Tika

References · 16

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j53j-gmr9-h8g3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8017 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8017 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/tika · Note
• https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/8a6a9e1344f5b10ebfa1a189dc3c30d0da2b9d4 · Note
• https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/62926cae31a02d4f23d21148435804b96c543cc · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j53j-gmr9-h8g3 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105513 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72df7a3f0dda49a912143a1404b489837a11f374dfd1961061873a91@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/19/6 · Note