Medium severity · published May 16, 2022
CVE-2022-30126
In Apache Tika, a regular expression in our StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a…
5.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Apache Tika, a regular expression in our StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted file. This only affects users who are running the StandardsExtractingContentHandler, which is a non-standard handler. This is fixed in 1.28.2 and 2.4.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Primavera Unifier · Oracle
17.7 through 17.12; 18.8; 19.12; 20.12; 21.12 · source: NVD
TI
Tika · Apache
before 1.28.3; 2.0.0 before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30126
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30126
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/16/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/31/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/dh3syg68nxogbmlg13srd6gjn3h2z6r4
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0004/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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