High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-11761
CVE-2018-11761
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tika:tika-coreMaven | >= 0.1, < 1.19.1 | 1.19.1 |
Affected products
29- ghsa-coords28 versionspkg:maven/org.apache.tika/tika-corepkg:rpm/suse/apache-mybatis&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/cobbler&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/hadoop&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/image-sync-formula&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/lucene&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/nekohtml&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/nutch-core&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/picocontainer&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/python-susemanager-retail&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/saltboot-formula&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/salt-netapi-client&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacecmd&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-branding&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-config&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-java&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-search&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-setup&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-utils&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-web&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/spacewalk-web&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager-docs_en&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager-frontend-libs&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager-schema&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager-sls&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/susemanager-sync-data&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2pkg:rpm/suse/tika-core&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%203.2
>= 0.1, < 1.19.1+ 27 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.1, < 1.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.3-3.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.6-6.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-3.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.1.1542287363.b8aa274-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.1-4.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.21-3.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-7.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.7-3.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1542643545.8752d17-2.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.1.1542287363.b8aa274-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.0-4.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.25.7-3.9.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.5.12-3.10.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.5.5-3.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.78.13-3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.3.7-3.12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.7.5-3.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18.3-3.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.7.11-3.13.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.7.11-3.13.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.14-3.13.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2-11.12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.4-3.7.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.15-3.13.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.18-3.13.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.10-3.9.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.19.1-3.3.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jq2-789q-fff2ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11761ghsaADVISORY
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3Envd
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