CVE-2021-35515

high

Description

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

References

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

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19ebfd71770ec0617a9ea180e321ef927b3fefb4c81ec5d1902d20ab%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/1

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001/

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-07-13

Updated: 2023-02-28

Type: CWE-835

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH