Vulnerability in Apache Ant
CVE-2021-36373
When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Apac…
EPSS: 0.025 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apache Ant
- Apache Software Foundation Ant — versions Apache Ant 1.9.x, Apache Ant 1.10.x, Apache Ant
- Oracle Agile_plm — versions 9.3.6
- Oracle Banking_trade_finance — versions 14.5
- Oracle Banking_treasury_management — versions 14.5
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite — versions 1.9.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function — versions 1.11.0
- Oracle Communications_order_and_service_management — versions 7.3, 7.4
- Oracle Communications_unified_inventory_management — versions 7.3.0, 7.4.0, 7.4.1
- Oracle Enterprise_repository — versions 11.1.1.7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@apache.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@apache.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-36373?
- CVE-2021-36373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ant, classified under Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-07-14.
- How severe is CVE-2021-36373?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.