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CVE-2018-1324

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Mar 16, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1324
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

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.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Commons_compressApache1.11 (including)1.15 (including)
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuartful*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntucosmic*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntudisco*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntueoan*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntufocal*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntugroovy*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuhirsute*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuimpish*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntukinetic*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntulunar*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntumantic*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuoracular*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuplucky*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntutrusty*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntuxenial*

References

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