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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:49:50 -0400
From: Tim Allison <tallison@...che.org>
To: announce@...che.org, dev@...a.apache.org, user@...a.apache.org, 
	Apache Security Team <security@...che.org>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [CVE-2018-8017] Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability --
 Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser

CVE-2018-8017: Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability --
Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser

Severity: Medium

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18

Description:
A carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's
IptcAnpaParser.

Mitigation:
Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.19 or later.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Tobias Ospelt of modzero AG.

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