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CVE-2018-11796: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

October 9, 2018 (updated September 3, 2019)

Tika reuses SAXParsers and calls reset() after each parse; the parser ignores entity expansion limits after the first parse.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/105585
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11796

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.1 up to 1.19

Fixed versions

  • 1.19.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.19.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Source file

maven/org.apache.tika/tika-parsers/CVE-2018-11796.yml

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