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Apache Tika < 1.20 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 27 Dec 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache Tika Server < 1.20 Denial of Service Vulnerability. A corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop leading to denial-of-service conditions. Update to version 1.20

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tika";

if( description )
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112472");
  script_version("2025-08-22T05:39:46+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-22 05:39:46 +0000 (Fri, 22 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-12-27 09:27:12 +0100 (Thu, 27 Dec 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17197");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Apache Tika < 1.20 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_tika_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/tika/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tika is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an
  infinite loop.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the application to
  enter an infinite loop, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tika prior to version 1.20.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.20 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106293");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit( 0 );

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.20")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.20");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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