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GHSA-6JQ2-789Q-FFF2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-10-17 15:49 – Updated: 2021-09-02 16:41

Summary

High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.tika:tika-core

Details

In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2018-11761 (GCVE-0-2018-11761)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:39

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion

Assigner

apache

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba56…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advis…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tika	Affected: 0.1 to 1.18

Date Public

2018-09-19 00:00

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GHSA-6JQ2-789Q-FFF2

CVE-2018-11761 (GCVE-0-2018-11761)

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