Vulnerability in Apache Ant
CVE-2021-36374
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.
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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: 0.026 (85.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apache Ant
- Apache Software Foundation Ant — versions 1.4, Apache Ant 1.9.x, Apache Ant 1.10.x
- Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management — versions 6.2.1.0
- 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 Diameter Intelligence Hub
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ant.apache.org/security.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdd5412a5b9a25aed2a02c3317052d38a97128314d50bc1ed3… (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-2021-36374?
- CVE-2021-36374 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-2021-36374?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.