| Name | CVE-2016-4434 |
| Description | Apache 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 825501 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tika (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.5-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.20-1 | fixed |
| 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 | (unstable) | 1.18-1 | | | 825501 |
Notes
[jessie] - tika <no-dsa> (Minor issue, no standard alone package, just a reverse dependency of jmeter)