When reading a specially crafted TAR archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | debian-upgrade-libcommons-compress-java | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| Ibm Was | ibm-was-upgrade-latest | Sep 16, 2021 | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-developer-build-ant-1-10-11-11-4-39-0-1-107-0 | Nov 17, 2021 | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-apache-commons-compresssuse-upgrade-apache-commons-compress-javadoc | Aug 6, 2021 | Jul 13, 2021 |
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