CVE-2021-36373
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | apache-ant | Not affected (1.10.12-r0) |
| Stream | apache-ant | Not affected (1.10.14-r1) |
References
- https://ant.apache.org/security.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a%40%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html