High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Apache Commons Compress 1.6 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability
CVE-2021-35516
Description
When reading a specially crafted 7Z 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' sevenz package.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.commons:commons-compressMaven | < 1.21 | 1.21 |
Affected products
7- ghsa-coords6 versionspkg:maven/org.apache.commons/commons-compresspkg:rpm/opensuse/apache-commons-compress&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/apache-commons-compress&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/apache-commons-compress&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/apache-commons-compress&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/apache-commons-compress&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3
< 1.21+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-lp152.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-3.3.1
- Range: 1.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
31- github.com/advisories/GHSA-crv7-7245-f45fghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35516ghsaADVISORY
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/2ghsamailing-listx_refsource_MLISTWEB
- commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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