CVE-2018-11796

In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. However, Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse, which, for Xerces2 parsers, as per the documentation, removes the user-specified SecurityManager and thus removes entity expansion limits after the first parse. Apache Tika versions from 0.1 to 1.19 are therefore still vulnerable to entity expansions which can lead to a denial of service attack. Users should upgrade to 1.19.1 or later.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 93.54%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
apachetika
0.1 ≤
𝑥
≤ 1.19
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
tika
bullseye
1.22-2
fixed
sid
1.22-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
tika
bionic
needed
cosmic
ignored
disco
ignored
eoan
ignored
focal
needed
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
oracular
not-affected
plucky
not-affected
questing
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored