SB2022060114 - Denial of service in Apache Tika
Published: June 1, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022060114
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30973)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "StandardsText" class in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.