| Name | CVE-2016-6809 |
| Description | Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tika (PTS) | sid, bullseye | 1.22-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tika | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| tika | source | (unstable) | 1.18-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - tika <not-affected> (Matlab file parser introduced in 1.6)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40