Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Apache Ant TAR archive denial of service vulnerability
CVE-2021-36373
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.ant:antMaven | < 1.9.16 | 1.9.16 |
org.apache.ant:antMaven | >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11 | 1.10.11 |
Affected products
21- ghsa-coords20 versionspkg:maven/org.apache.ant/antpkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-antlr&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-antlr&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-junit5&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-junit5&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-junit&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ant-junit&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/ant-antlr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ant-antlr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ant-antlr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ant-junit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ant-junit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2
< 1.9.16+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.16
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.12-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.4-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.4-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.4-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.4-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.7-150200.4.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q5r4-cfpx-h6fhghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373ghsaADVISORY
- ant.apache.org/security.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3Eghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a%40%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007ghsaWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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