GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
Aliases
Published
2024-01-08T16:39:47Z
Modified
2026-09-10T03:50:09Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments
Details

Impact

A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.

Workarounds

The workaround is to download commons-compress 1.24 and replace the one located in XWiki WEB-INF/lib/ folder.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2024-01-08T16:39:47Z",
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    "severity":  "HIGH"
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References

Affected packages

Maven
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
14.10
Fixed
14.10.18

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.0-rc-1
Fixed
15.5.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.6-rc-1
Fixed
15.8-rc-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"