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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2023· Updated Sep 24, 2024

Missing upper bound check on chunk length in snappy-java

CVE-2023-43642

Description

snappy-java is a Java port of the snappy, a fast C++ compresser/decompresser developed by Google. The SnappyInputStream was found to be vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when decompressing data with a too large chunk size. Due to missing upper bound check on chunk length, an unrecoverable fatal error can occur. All versions of snappy-java including the latest released version 1.1.10.3 are vulnerable to this issue. A fix has been introduced in commit 9f8c3cf74 which will be included in the 1.1.10.4 release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should only accept compressed data from trusted sources.

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.xerial.snappy:snappy-javaMaven
< 1.1.10.41.1.10.4

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