Fedora 31 update for apache-commons-compress

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU22185

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12402

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the file name encoding algorithm can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. A remote attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 31

apache-commons-compress: before 1.19-1.fc31

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:apache-commons-compress:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-da0eac1eb6

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.