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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11170

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1324

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Apache Commons Compress
IBM Observability with Instana
Apache Nifi
Oracle WebLogic Server
Fedora
apache-commons-compress

Update to version 1.16.

apache-commons-compress - addressed in versions 1.13-3.fc26, 1.14-3.fc27

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

• Denial of service in Apache Commons Compress
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Nifi
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic Server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem)
• Fedora 27 update for apache-commons-compress
• Fedora 26 update for apache-commons-compress