CVE-2021-35517high
Description
When reading a specially crafted TAR archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' tar package.
References
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/3
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/5
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.flink.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
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-07-13
Updated: 2023-02-28
Type: CWE-770
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