CVE-2018-11761 (High) detected in tika-core-1.18.jar

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CVE-2018-11761 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tika-core-1.18.jar

This is the core Apache Tika™ toolkit library from which all other modules inherit functionality. It also includes the core facades for the Tika API.

Library home page: http://tika.apache.org/

Path to vulnerable library: /pizza-ui-tests/node_modules/allure-commandline/dist/lib/tika-core-1.18.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **tika-core-1.18.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b784718100dc8ca278a0aad1c22fba2cd661b638

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2018-09-19

URL: CVE-2018-11761

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E

Release Date: 2018-09-19

Fix Resolution: 1.19

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