CVE-2018-11762 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-11762: In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file.

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

EPSS:5.5% · 30-day exploit probability92th percentile

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-11762 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tika→ fixed in1.20-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tika
```

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