CVE-2016-4434

NameCVE-2016-4434
DescriptionApache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.
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Debian Bugs825501

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tika (PTS)buster1.20-1fixed
sid, bullseye1.22-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tikasource(unstable)1.18-1825501

Notes

[jessie] - tika <no-dsa> (Minor issue, no standard alone package, just a reverse dependency of jmeter)

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