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. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: +0.000
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 Agile Product Lifecycle Management — 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ant.apache.org/security.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa94473… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b64… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade913… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.