gsd-2018-11761
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2018-11761


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      alias: "CVE-2018-11761",
      description: "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.",
      id: "GSD-2018-11761",
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         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
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         lastModifiedDate: "2019-11-12T20:15Z",
         publishedDate: "2018-09-19T14:29Z",
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}


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