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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-11771): libcommons-compress-java vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-11771): libcommons-compress-java vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/16/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, the read method of Apache Commons Compress 1.7 to 1.17's ZipArchiveInputStream can fail to return the correct EOF indication after the end of the stream has been reached. When combined with a java.io.InputStreamReader this can lead to an infinite stream, which can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcommons-compress-java

References

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