CVE-2019-12402

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Commons Compress
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 August 2019

Summary

The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54cc4e9fa6b24520135f...
mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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