Vulnerability identifier: #VU22185
Vulnerability 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:
CWE-ID:
CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Apache Commons Compress
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: Apache Foundation
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 website.
Vulnerable software versions
Apache Commons Compress: 1.15 - 1.18
External links
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/308cc15f1f1dc53e97046fddbac240e6cd16de89a2746cf257be7f5b@%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54cc4e9fa6b24520135f6fa4724dfb3465bc14703c7dc7e52353a0ea@%3Ccommits.creadur.apache.org%3E
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.