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CVE-2021-35515

Excessive Iteration

Published: Jul 13, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35515
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/834.html

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.

Weakness

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Commons_compressApache1.6 (including)1.20 (including)
Red Hat Fuse 7.11RedHatapache-commons-compress*
Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4RedHatapache-commons-compress-0:1.21-1.2.el8ev*
Libcommons-compress-javaUbuntubionic*
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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