CVE-2016-4434 Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | < 1.13 | 1.13 |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.10 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.4 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.5 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.6 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.7 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.8 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 0.9 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.0 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.1 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.10 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.11 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.12 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.2 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.3 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.4 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.5 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.6 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.7 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.8 | No fix listed |
| org.apache.tika/tika-core(Maven) | = 1.9 | No fix listed |
| debian/tika(Debian:11) | < 1.18-1 | 1.18-1 |
| apache tika | = 1.12 | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- github.com vendor-advisory
- lists.apache.org
- [tika-dev] 20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerability mailing-list vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0248 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0249 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0272 vendor-advisory
- 20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerability mailing-list
- security-tracker.debian.org vendor-advisory
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report mailing-list