CVE-2016-4434
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sid | Fixed | 1.18-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.18-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tika:tika-core | <1.13 | 1.13 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tika | 1.12 | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538500/100/0/threaded
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tika-dev/201605.mbox/%3C1705136517.1175366.1464278135251.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4434
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4434
CWEs
CWE-611
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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