Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tika package, versions <1.18-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIKA-327246
  • published25 Apr 2018
  • disclosed25 Apr 2018

Introduced: 25 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-1339  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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.

A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.