PT-2020-2661 · Apache+2 · Apache Tika+2

Published 2020-03-23 · Updated 2025-05-23 · CVE-2020-1951

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 1.0 through 1.23

Description A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's PSDParser, potentially leading to a denial of service. The issue is related to the PSDParser's handling of input, which can allow an attacker to cause the service to enter an infinite loop using a specially crafted PSD file.

Recommendations For Apache Tika versions 1.0 through 1.23, consider disabling the PSDParser functionality until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02705

CVE-2020-1951

DLA-2161-1

GHSA-3264-3FM9-FG44

USN-4564-1

USN-7529-1

Affected Products

Apache Tika

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 25

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1951 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7529-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1951 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-33879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2161-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd8c1b42bd0e31870d804890b3f00b13d837c528f7ebaf77031323172%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3264-3fm9-fg44 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1951 · Vendor Advisory