SB2018081704 - Denial of service in Apache Commons Compress
Published: August 17, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018081704
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11771)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into processing a specially crafted ZIP archive with 'java.io.InputStreamReader', trigger an error in detecting the end of the file and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.