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[CVE-2018-8017] Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability -- Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser

From: Tim Allison <tallison () apache org>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:49:50 -0400

CVE-2018-8017: Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability --
Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser

Severity: Medium

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18

Description:
A carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's
IptcAnpaParser.

Mitigation:
Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.19 or later.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Tobias Ospelt of modzero AG.

Current thread:

[CVE-2018-8017] Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability -- Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser Tim Allison (Sep 19)