Commons Compress
CVE-2018-1324
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 1 maven packages depend on com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (1 direct, 0 indirect)
- 383 maven packages depend on org.apache.commons:commons-compress (45 direct, 339 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.2.7 and other introduced versions.
DescriptionNVD
A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.
AnalysisAI
A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-835. A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package. Affected products include: Apache Commons Compress, Oracle Mysql Cluster, Oracle Weblogic Server.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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