SB2018042529 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tika
Published: April 25, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042529
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1338)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1339)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.