CVE-2018-11796
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Apache Tika is vulnerable to entity expansions 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
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
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-2018-11796.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8q5-g2cj-qr5h
- https://github.com/apache/tika
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88de8350cda9b184888ec294c813c5bd8a2081de8fd3666f8904bc05@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190903-0002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105585
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11796
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.