Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0507 Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.326Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4434

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-30T01:29:00.413

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4434

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4434 - Bugzilla

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