Vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress
CVE-2021-35515
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.116 (96.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.116 · newest: 0.116 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Commons Compress
- Apache Software Foundation Commons Compress — versions 1.6
- NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
- NetApp Oncommand Insight
- Oracle Banking Digital Experience — versions 19.1, 20.1, 21.1
- Oracle Banking Enterprise Default Management — versions 2.7.0
- Oracle Banking Party Management — versions 2.7.0
- Oracle Banking Payments — versions 14.5
- Oracle Banking Trade Finance — versions 14.5
- Oracle Banking Treasury Management — versions 14.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19ebfd71770ec0617a9ea180e321ef927b3fefb4c81ec5d19… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbaea15ddc5a7c0c6b66660f1d6403b28595e2561bb283eade… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f4d7940371a7c7c5b679f50e28fc7fcc82cd00670ced87e… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab292091eadd1ecc63c516e9541a7f241091cf2e652b8185a… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe91c512c5385181149ab087b6c909825d34299f5c491c648… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800df… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-35515?
- CVE-2021-35515 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-13.
- How severe is CVE-2021-35515?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-35515 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.