CVE-2018-1324 (Medium) detected in commons-compress-1.11.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2018-1324 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-compress-1.11.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: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.commons/commons-compress/1.11/f43ce4c878078cbcfbb061353aa672a4c8e81443/commons-compress-1.11.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **commons-compress-1.11.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: branch3

Vulnerability Details

A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

Publish Date: 2018-03-16

URL: CVE-2018-1324

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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1324

Release Date: 2018-03-16

Fix Resolution: 1.16

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:rescue_worker_helmet: Automatic Remediation is available for this issue

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.