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Apache Tika < 1.26 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache Tika Server < 1.26 DoS Vulnerability. Vulnerable to denial of service due to an infinite loop in MP3Parser

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145708");
  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:"2021-04-13 06:01:00 +0000 (Tue, 13 Apr 2021)");
  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:3.1/AV:L/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:"2021-06-04 18:17:00 +0000 (Fri, 04 Jun 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-28657");

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

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

  script_name("Apache Tika < 1.26 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 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 file may trigger an infinite
  loop in Tika's MP3Parser.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tika version 1.25 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.26 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd7744b5a%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E");

  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: "1.26")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.26");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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22 Aug 2025 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 24.3
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EPSS0.02752
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