Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tika

Published: 2022-05-18

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-25169 CVE-2022-30126
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-185
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Apache Tika Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU63405

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25169

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in BPG parser. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Tika: 1.0 - 2.3.0

External links

http://lists.apache.org/thread/t3tb51sf0k2pmbnzsrrrm23z9r1c10rk
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/16/4

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU63404