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-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. |
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GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f | Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers |
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-09-30T01:29:00.413
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-4434


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