Vulnerability identifier: #VU37155
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:
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 ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Apache Tika:
External links
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d2cb5c819401bb075e2a1130e0d14f0404a136541a6f91da0225828@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
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.