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CVE-2021-36373

Apache Ant TAR archive denial of service vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 14, 2021 at 06:20 AM UTC
Updated: August 25, 2026 at 04:28 PM UTC
32 products affected across 2 vendorsAgile Product Lifecycle ManagementRetail Xstore Point of ServicePrimavera Unifier

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ant· Apachemaven
95%
1.10.0 ≤ v < 1.10.111.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.16Apache Ant 1.10.x ≤ v ≤ 1.10.10Apache Ant 1.9.x ≤ v ≤ 1.9.151.10.x1.9.x
Affected range stops below 1.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.9.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in Apache Ant (unaffected)
Agile Product Lifecycle Management· Oracledrupal
95%
9.3.6
Banking Trade Finance· Oracle
95%
14.5
Banking Treasury Management· Oracle
95%
14.5
Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite· Oracle
95%
1.9.0
Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function· Oracle
95%
1.11.0
Communications Order and Service Management· Oracle
95%
7.37.4
Communications Unified Inventory Management· Oracle
95%
7.3.07.4.07.4.17.4.27.5.0
Enterprise Repository· Oracle
95%
11.1.1.7.0
Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure· Oracledrupal
95%
8.0.6 ≤ v ≤ 8.1.1

References (11)

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://ant.apache.org/security.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a%40%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-130NVD-CWE-Other

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