Denial of service in Apache Tika

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU63904

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30973

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Tika: 1.0 - 1.28.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:tika:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.apache.org/thread/gqvb5t4p7tmdpl0y5bdbf72pgxj04h7p

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.