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CVE-2020-9489

5.5 · MEDIUM

A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger a System.exit in Tika's OneNote Parser.

Published Apr 27, 2020CWE-835EPSS 2.71%

Overview

CVE-2020-9489 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 27, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger a System.exit in Tika's OneNote Parser. Crafted or corrupted files can also cause out of memory errors and/or infinite loops in Tika's ICNSParser, MP3Parser, MP4Parser, SAS7BDATParser, OneNoteParser and ImageParser. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.24.1 or later. The vulnerabilities in the MP4Parser were partially fixed by upgrading the com.googlecode:isoparser:1.1.22 dependency to org.tallison:isoparser:1.9.41.2. For unrelated security reasons, we upgraded org.apache.cxf to 3.3.6 as part of the 1.24.1 release.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Reflists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3EReflists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186cfa2442c%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3ERefwww.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlRefwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlRefwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlReflists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3EReflists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186cfa2442c%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3ERefwww.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlRefwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlRefwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9489?

CVE-2020-9489 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 27, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2020-9489?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-9489?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2020-9489?

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