CVE-2021-36374 (Medium) detected in ant-1.6.5.jar, ant-1.8.4.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2021-36374 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - ant-1.6.5.jar, ant-1.8.4.jar

ant-1.6.5.jar

Path to dependency file: /jetty-ant/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/ant/ant/1.6.5/ant-1.6.5.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **ant-1.6.5.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

ant-1.8.4.jar

master POM

Path to dependency file: /jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **ant-1.8.4.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b976400adf459c779b88fa83118b68aa39af14c7

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, or a derived formats, an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Commonly used derived formats from ZIP archives are for instance JAR files and many office files. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.

Publish Date: 2021-07-14

URL: CVE-2021-36374

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://ant.apache.org/security.html

Release Date: 2021-07-14

Fix Resolution: org.apache.ant:ant:1.9.16,1.10.11

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:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #41

[mend-bolt-for-github[bot]]

:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #41