Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tika package, versions <1.20-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIKA-327248
  • published24 Dec 2018
  • disclosed24 Dec 2018

Introduced: 24 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-17197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser in versions 1.8-1.19.1 of Apache Tika.