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CVE-2022-33879 (GCVE-0-2022-33879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-27 21:40 – Updated: 2024-08-03 08:09
VLAI
Title
Incomplete fix and new regex DoS in StandardsExtractingContentHandler
Summary
The initial fixes in CVE-2022-30126 and CVE-2022-30973 for regexes in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler were insufficient, and we found a separate, new regex DoS in a different regex in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. These are now fixed in 1.28.4 and 2.4.1.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Regex Denial Of Service
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika Affected: Apache Tika , < 2.4.1 (custom)
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