CVE-2021-35515

Apache Commons Compress 1.6 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability

Published Jul 13, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 11.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Commons Compress users should upgrade to 1.21 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1620 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7hfm-57qf-j43q Excessive Iteration in Compress
References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/1 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19ebfd71770ec0617a9ea180e321ef927b3fefb4c81ec5d1902d20ab%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab292091eadd1ecc63c516e9541a7f241091cf2e652b8185a6059945%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773b983e71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbaea15ddc5a7c0c6b66660f1d6403b28595e2561bb283eade7d7cd69%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe91c512c5385181149ab087b6c909825d34299f5c491c6482a2ed57%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f4d7940371a7c7c5b679f50e28fc7fcc82cd00670ced87e013ac88%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfba19167efc785ad3561e7ef29f340d65ac8f0d897aed00e0731e742%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35515 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35515 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 12:40 AM
Reserved
Jun 27, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2021, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:57 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 13, 2021, 12:00 AM