CVE-2019-10093 — In Apache Tika 1
In Apache Tika 1.19 to 1.21, a carefully crafted 2003ml or 2006ml file could consume all available SAXParsers in the pool and lead to very long hangs. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.22 or later.
Published
2019-08-02T18:32:41.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T22:10:09.762Z
01What is this vulnerability?
In Apache Tika 1.19 to 1.21, a carefully crafted 2003ml or 2006ml file could consume all available SAXParsers in the pool and lead to very long hangs. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.22 or later.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| Apache | Apache Tika | 1.19 to 1.21 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-08-02T18:32:41.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:10:09.762Z
09References
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a5a44eff1b9eda3bc69d22943a1030c43d376380c75…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fb6c84fd387de997e5e366d50b0ca331a328c466432…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/da9ee189d1756f8508d0f2386d8e25aca5a6df54173…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39723d8227b248781898c200aa24b154683673287b1…
- security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0004/
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133dee…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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