CVE-2018-11761

In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.1.3.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.2.1.3.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-19 14:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:51

NVD link : CVE-2018-11761

Mitre link : CVE-2018-11761

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-11761

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Products Affected

oracle

business_process_management_suite

apache

tika

CWE

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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