CVE-2018-11761
Apache Tika XML Entity Expansion DOS Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 19, 2018, 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-11761 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 12, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 23, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 20, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-611 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.1 up to (including) 1.18 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Apache Tika's 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. 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-11761 is
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Exploit Prediction
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0.26 }} -0.11%
score
0.66094
percentile