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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-36373
medium Nessus Plugin ID 223945
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- 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. (CVE-2021-36373)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-36373
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 223945
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_36373.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 9/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36373
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-openjdk11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-bcel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-xalan2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-xz, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-openjdk17, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-openjdk21, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-commons-net, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-junit5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jsch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jdepend, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-xalan2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-unbound, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-oro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-junit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-regexp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-log4j, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-bcel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-antlr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-antlr, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-openjdk21, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-junit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-jdepend, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-xz, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-testutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-openjdk17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-swing, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-bsf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-junit5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-jsch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-apache-resolver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-resolver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-openjdk8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-commons-logging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-swing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-bsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-openjdk11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-jmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-commons-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-regexp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-oro, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-manual, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-unbound, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-openjdk8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-javamail, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-javamail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-testutil, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ant-commons-net, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-javadoc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-36373