Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tika package, versions <1.20-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (19th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-TIKA-327242
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 19 Sep 2018
Introduced: 19 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-8017 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 tika to version 1.20-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tika package and not the tika package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72df7a3f0dda49a912143a1404b489837a11f374dfd1961061873a91@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8017
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105513
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72df7a3f0dda49a912143a1404b489837a11f374dfd1961061873a91%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E