CVE-2021-36374 (Medium) detected in ant-1.7.0.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2021-36374 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ant-1.7.0.jar

Apache Ant

Library home page: http://ant.apache.org/

Path to vulnerable library: /target/lib/ant-1.7.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **ant-1.7.0.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 299682f5b4a2ec420c0c3f91a170670051db10d0

Found in base branch: master

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: 1.9.16

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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.

[mend-for-github-com[bot]]

: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.