CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-11761

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Sep 19, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tika Apache 0.1 (including) 1.18 (including)
Tika Ubuntu bionic *
Tika Ubuntu cosmic *
Tika Ubuntu eoan *
Tika Ubuntu groovy *
Tika Ubuntu hirsute *
Tika Ubuntu impish *
Tika Ubuntu kinetic *
Tika Ubuntu lunar *
Tika Ubuntu mantic *
Tika Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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