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XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting tika package, versions <1.18-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIKA-327233
  • published30 Sept 2017
  • disclosed30 Sept 2017
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Introduced: 30 Sep 2017

CVE-2016-4434  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tika to version 1.18-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.