CVE-2021-36374

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 14
Latest updateApr 15

Description

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, or a derived formats, an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Commonly used derived formats from ZIP archives are for instance JAR files and many office files. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages39 packages

NVDapache/ant1.9.01.9.16+1
Mavenorg.apache.ant:ant1.9.01.9.16+1
CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_ant1.4Apache Ant*+2
NVDoracle/retail_back_office14.0, 14.1+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Apache Ant2021-08-02
GHSA
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Apache Ant2021-08-02
CVEList
Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerability2021-07-14
OSV
CVE-2021-36374: When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, or a derived formats, an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that leads to2021-07-14

📋Vendor Advisories

12
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Systems Risk Matrix: Tools (Apache Ant) — CVE-2021-363742024-04-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Apache Ant) — CVE-2021-363742023-10-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Installer (Apache Ant) — CVE-2021-363742023-07-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Enterprise Manager Risk Matrix: Load Testing for Web Apps (Apache Ant) — CVE-2021-363742023-04-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Retail Applications Risk Matrix: Installation (Apache Ant) — CVE-2021-363742022-10-15