CVE-2018-11761: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jq2-789q-fff2
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11761
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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