CVE-2018-11761
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11761
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11761.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.20-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.20-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tika:tika-core | >=0.1,<1.19.1 | 1.19.1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11761.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11761
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jq2-789q-fff2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11761
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.