Apache Tika CVE-2019-10088 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

Apache Tika is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker may exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions. Apache Tika versions 1.7 through 1.21 are vulnerable.

Technologies Affected

• Apache Tika 1.10
• Apache Tika 1.11
• Apache Tika 1.12
• Apache Tika 1.13
• Apache Tika 1.14
• Apache Tika 1.17
• Apache Tika 1.18
• Apache Tika 1.19
• Apache Tika 1.19.1
• Apache Tika 1.20
• Apache Tika 1.21
• Apache Tika 1.7
• Apache Tika 1.8
• Apache Tika 1.9
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 16.1
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 16.2
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 17.12
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 17.7
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 18.8
• Oracle Primavera Unifier 19.12

Recommendations

Deploy network intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for malicious activity.
Deploy NIDS to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This includes but is not limited to requests that include NOP sleds and unexplained incoming and outgoing traffic. This may indicate exploit attempts or activity that results from a successful exploit.

Do not accept or execute files from untrusted or unknown sources.
To limit exposure to these and other latent vulnerabilities, never handle files that originate from unfamiliar or untrusted sources.

Do not follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.
To reduce the likelihood of successful exploits, never visit sites of questionable integrity or follow links provided by unfamiliar or untrusted sources.

Implement multiple redundant layers of security.
As an added precaution, deploy memory-protection schemes (such as nonexecutable stack/heap configuration and randomly mapped memory segments). This may complicate exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities.

Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.