Vulnerability identifier: #VU37154

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1338

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache Tika
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Tika:

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External links
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d20c5748fb9f836653bc78a1bad991ba8485d82a1e821f70b641932@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E

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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.