CVE-2018-11761 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Oracle Business Process Management Suite

First reported 6 years ago

2018-09-19 14:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-12 20:15:00

Affected Software

Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.1.3.0.0

12.1.3.0.0

Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.3.0

12.2.1.3.0

References

105514

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

[tika-dev] 20180919 [CVE-2018-11761] Apache Tika DoS XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

[lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Patch, Third Party Advisory

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