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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tika affects Apache Solr shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are different types of vulnerabilities in various versions of Apache Tika that affect Apache Solr. The vulnerabilities are in Vulnerability Details section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-11761
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to configure XML parsers to limit entity expansion. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150101 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2018-17197
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the SQLite3Parser. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154701 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-10088
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the RecursiveParserWrapper function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted zip file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164709 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-10094
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tika is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by a flaw in the RecursiveParserWrapper function. By persuading a victim to unzip a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164711 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2018-11796
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw during XML parsing. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151083 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Log Analysis1.3.1
Log Analysis1.3.2
Log Analysis1.3.3
Log Analysis1.3.4
Log Analysis1.3.5
Log Analysis1.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s) :Fix details
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.x Upgrade to Log Analysis version 1.3.7
Download the 1.3.7-TIV-IOALA-FP here


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

16 Apr 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 April 2021

UID

ibm16444033