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CVE-2021-35516

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-130
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
12.4%
Top 4.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

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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-130CWE-770

Affected Products

oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
banking digital experienceOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / erp
banking enterprise default managementOn-premDatabase
Databases / relational
banking party managementOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
business process management suiteOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
commerce guided searchOn-prem
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications billing and revenue managementOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
communications cloud native core automated test suiteSaaSDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications cloud native core service communication proxyOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Commons CompressLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Apache Commons CompressLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
netapp
commercial·US
active iq unified manager
Hardware Firmware
oncommand insight
Hardware Firmware
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
commercial·RUaka ao konsern vniins
ОС ОН «Стрелец»On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/2
openwall.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-35516
access.redhat.com
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html
commons.apache.org
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