SB2021071409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Ant

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36374)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing ZIP archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36373)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing TAR archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q3/14
• https://ant.apache.org/security.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q3/13
• https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ant.git;a=commit;h=6594a2d66f7f060dafcbbf094dd60676db19a842