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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-1950
CVE-2020-1950:
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in March 2020 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (Medium) with the following characteristics: Attack Vector: Local, Attack Complexity: Low, Privileges Required: None, User Interaction: Required, Scope: Unchanged, Confidentiality: None, Integrity: None, Availability: High (Ubuntu).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to excessive memory consumption, potentially resulting in a denial of service condition through resource exhaustion. The impact is primarily on the availability of the system, with no direct effect on confidentiality or integrity (Ubuntu).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in various distributions. Ubuntu has released version 1.5-4ubuntu0.1 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Debian has addressed the issue in version 1.5-1+deb8u1 for Debian 8 'Jessie'. Users are recommended to upgrade their tika packages to the patched versions (Ubuntu, Debian).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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