CVE-2021-36090 (High) detected in commons-compress-1.12.jar

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CVE-2021-36090 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-compress-1.12.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 and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj.

Path to dependency file: iFIT.ExoPlayer/src/AndroidStudio/ExoPlayer/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.commons/commons-compress/1.12/84caa68576e345eb5e7ae61a0e5a9229eb100d7b/commons-compress-1.12.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - lint-gradle-27.0.2.jar (Root Library) - sdk-common-27.0.2.jar - sdklib-27.0.2.jar - :x: **commons-compress-1.12.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 01226a59cab3830da9d003dc78d025953ef1caac

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

When reading a specially crafted ZIP 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' zip package.

Publish Date: 2021-07-13

URL: CVE-2021-36090

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

[Saratsin]

This issue is in responsibility of Google ExoPlayer team