CVE-2016-6809
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Apache Tika allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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 | <1.14 | 1.14 |
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6809
- https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/8a68b5d474205cc91cbbb610d4a1c05af57f0610
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439
- https://github.com/apache/tika
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a@%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9@%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6809
CWEs
CWE-502
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.