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Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04: USN-7529-1 moderate: Apache Tika issues

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities have been resolved in Apache Tika for Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 LTS. Below are the guidelines for updating your system.
Several security issues were fixed in Apache Tika.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Apache Tika.

Software Description:

- tika: A content analysis toolkit

Details:

It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by

using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu

20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)

It was discovered that Apache Tika incorrectly handled certain regular

expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2022-30126, CVE-2022-30973, CVE-2022-33879)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu memory usage Apache Tika

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libtika-java                    1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libtika-java                    1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7529-1

CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951, CVE-2022-30126, CVE-2022-30973,

CVE-2022-33879

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7529-1

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security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu memory usage Apache Tika

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