Apache Commons Compress software defines an API for working with
compression and archive formats. These include: bzip2, gzip, pack200,
lzma, xz, Snappy, traditional Unix Compress, DEFLATE, DEFLATE64, LZ4,
Brotli, Zstandard and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj.
Apache Commons Compress software defines an API for working with compression and archive formats.
These include: bzip2, gzip, pack200, xz and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump.
When reading a specially crafted TAR 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' tar package.
CVE-2021-35517 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Libraries - commons-compress-1.20.jar, commons-compress-1.4.1.jar
commons-compress-1.20.jar
Apache Commons Compress software defines an API for working with compression and archive formats. These include: bzip2, gzip, pack200, lzma, xz, Snappy, traditional Unix Compress, DEFLATE, DEFLATE64, LZ4, Brotli, Zstandard and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj.
Library home page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/
Path to dependency file: /jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml,/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
Dependency Hierarchy: - infinispan-query-9.4.8.Final.jar (Root Library) - hibernate-search-serialization-avro-5.10.3.Final.jar - avro-1.7.6.jar - :x: **commons-compress-1.20.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
commons-compress-1.4.1.jar
Apache Commons Compress software defines an API for working with compression and archive formats. These include: bzip2, gzip, pack200, xz and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump.
Library home page: http://commons.apache.org/compress/
Path to dependency file: /jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
Dependency Hierarchy: - infinispan-query-9.4.8.Final.jar (Root Library) - hibernate-search-serialization-avro-5.10.3.Final.jar - avro-1.7.6.jar - :x: **commons-compress-1.4.1.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: b976400adf459c779b88fa83118b68aa39af14c7
Found in base branch: master
Vulnerability Details
When reading a specially crafted TAR 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' tar package.
Publish Date: 2021-07-13
URL: CVE-2021-35517
CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - 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://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html
Release Date: 2021-07-13
Fix Resolution (org.apache.commons:commons-compress): 1.21
Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.infinispan:infinispan-query): 9.4.16.Final
Fix Resolution (org.apache.commons:commons-compress): 1.21
Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.infinispan:infinispan-query): 9.4.16.Final
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