Infinite loop in Apache Commons Compress - CVE-2018-1324

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11170

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1324

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Affected software:
Apache Commons Compress

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ZIP archive, trigger an infinite loop and cause the service to crash.

Update to version 1.16.

• https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Commons_Com...