• Apache Tika vulnerabilities

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Monday, October 05, 2020 16:10:08
    tika vulnerabilities

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    Apache Tika could be made to crash if it opened a specially
    crafted file.

    Software Description

    * tika - A content analysis toolkit

    Details

    It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory
    usage by using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could
    use it to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2020-1950,
    CVE-2020-1951)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    libtika-java - 1.5-4ubuntu0.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-1950
    * CVE-2020-1951

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