A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Tika 1.8-1.19.1. This issue affects an unknown part of the component SQLite3Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser in versions 1.8-1.19.1 of Apache Tika.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2018. The weakness was shared 12/24/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-17197 since 09/19/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/23/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 137951, 137896, 137906 and 153555 are related to this item.

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• 1.8-1.19.1

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