SB2022062801 - Denial of service in Apache Tika
Published: June 28, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022062801
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) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33879)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fixes for #VU63404 (CVE-2022-30126) and #VU63904 (CVE-2022-30973).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.