When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.
CVE-2021-36373 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
master POM
Path to dependency file: /fs-agent/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.4/ant-1.9.4.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **ant-1.9.4.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in base branch: master
When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.
Publish Date: 2021-07-14
URL: CVE-2021-36373
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
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Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36373
Release Date: 2021-07-14
Fix Resolution: 1.9.16