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CVE-2021-35515

Apache Commons Compress 1.6 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability

Published: Jul 13, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-834
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
11.9%
Top 4.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-834CWE-835

Affected Products

Apache Commons CompressApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.apache.commons:commons-compressMavenOSS Libraries
commons compressapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
active iq unified managernetappHardware Firmware
oncommand insightnetappHardware Firmware
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html
commons.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19ebfd71770ec0617a9ea180e321ef927b3fefb4c81ec5d1902d20ab%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/1
openwall.com
and 47 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 13, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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