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CVE-2018-11762: Path Traversal

September 19, 2018 (updated November 20, 2018)

In a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, tika-app would overwrite that file.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11762

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.9 up to 1.18

Fixed versions

  • 1.19

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.19 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

maven/org.apache.tika/tika-app/CVE-2018-11762.yml

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