Denial of service in Apache Commons Compress
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2012-2098 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Apache Commons Compress Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Apache Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU74271
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2098
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to algorithmic complexity in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream). A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsApache Commons Compress: 1.1 - 1.4
External linkshttp://secunia.com/advisories/49255
http://ant.apache.org/security.html
http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
http://osvdb.org/82161
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
