CVE-2021-28657

Infinite loop in Apache Tika's MP3 parser

Description

A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger an infinite loop in Tika's MP3Parser up to and including Tika 1.25. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • Users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd7744b5a%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0004/ third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-28657?
CVE-2021-28657 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-28657?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2021-28657: Users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.
Is CVE-2021-28657 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-28657 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-28657?
CVE-2021-28657 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika.
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