CVE-2021-35515 (High) detected in commons-compress-1.20.jar

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CVE-2021-35515 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - 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: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.20/commons-compress-1.20.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - poi-ooxml-5.0.0.jar (Root Library) - :x: **commons-compress-1.20.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 49bc97d287f40c56cedf968f62c42374c32e123c

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

Publish Date: 2021-07-13

URL: CVE-2021-35515

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.apache.poi:poi-ooxml): 5.1.0

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