1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4564-1

USN-4564-1: Apache Tika vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 October 2020

Overview

Apache Tika could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • tika - A content analysis toolkit

Details

It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could use it to cause a
denial of service (crash). (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)

It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could use it to cause a
denial of service (crash). (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libtika-java –  1.5-4ubuntu0.1

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