CVE-2021-36373 (Medium) detected in ant-1.9.15.jar

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CVE-2021-36373 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ant-1.9.15.jar

master POM

Library home page: http://ant.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.15/ant-1.9.15.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.15/ant-1.9.15.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ ant-1.9.15.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2021-07-14

URL: CVE-2021-36373

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36373

Release Date: 2021-07-14

Fix Resolution: 1.9.16

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