Description
In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. However, Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse, which, for Xerces2 parsers, as per the documentation, removes the user-specified SecurityManager and thus removes entity expansion limits after the first parse. Apache Tika versions from 0.1 to 1.19 are therefore still vulnerable to entity expansions which can lead to a denial of service attack. Users should upgrade to 1.19.1 or later.
Published: 2018-10-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0614 In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. However, Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse, which, for Xerces2 parsers, as per the documentation, removes the user-specified SecurityManager and thus removes entity expansion limits after the first parse. Apache Tika versions from 0.1 to 1.19 are therefore still vulnerable to entity expansions which can lead to a denial of service attack. Users should upgrade to 1.19.1 or later.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h8q5-g2cj-qr5h Apache Tika is vulnerable to entity expansions which can lead to a denial of service attack
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:19:51.122Z

Reserved: 2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-11796

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-09T22:29:00.393

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:03.093

Link: CVE-2018-11796

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-11796 - Bugzilla

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