CVE-2021-36374

Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerability

Published Jul 14, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Apache Ant 1.9.x users should upgrade to 1.9.16 or later. Apache Ant 1.10.x users should upgrade to 1.10.11 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1582 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5v34-g2px-j4fw Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Apache Ant
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Oracle agile Product Lifecycle Management
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle agile Plm
Oracle agile Product Lifecycle Management
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00127}

epss

{'score': 0.00113}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 12:54 AM
Reserved
Jul 12, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 14, 2021, 7:15 AM
Modified
Aug 25, 2026, 4:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 13, 2021, 12:00 AM