medium
5.5
CWE
130 770
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2021-36373: Apache Ant TAR archive denial of service vulnerability

First published: Tue Jul 13 2021(Updated: )

Apache Ant is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

Credit: security@apache.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/Apache Ant<1.9.16
1.9.16
redhat/Ant<1.10.11
1.10.11
Apache Ant>=1.9.0<1.9.16
Apache Ant>=1.10.0<1.10.11
Oracle Agile PLM=9.3.6
Oracle Banking Trade Finance=14.5
Oracle Banking Treasury Management=14.5
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite=1.9.0
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function=1.11.0
Oracle Communications Order and Service Management=7.3
Oracle Communications Order and Service Management=7.4
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management=7.3.0
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management=7.4.0
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management=7.4.1
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management=7.4.2
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management=7.5.0
Oracle Enterprise Repository=11.1.1.7.0
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure>=8.0.6<=8.1.1
Oracle Insurance Policy Administration>=11.0<=11.3.1
Oracle Primavera Gateway>=17.12.0<=17.12.11
Oracle Primavera Gateway>=18.8.0<=18.8.12
Oracle Primavera Gateway>=19.12.0<=19.12.11
Oracle Primavera Gateway>=20.12.0<=20.12.7
Oracle Primavera Unifier>=17.7<=17.12
Oracle Primavera Unifier=18.8
Oracle Primavera Unifier=19.12
Oracle Primavera Unifier=20.12
Oracle Real-time Decision Server=3.2.0.0
Oracle Real-time Decision Server=11.1.1.9.0
Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning=14.1
Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning=15.0
Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning=16.0
Oracle Retail Back Office=14.0
Oracle Retail Back Office=14.1
Oracle Retail Bulk Data Integration=16.0.3.0
Oracle Retail Bulk Data Integration=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Central Office=14.0
Oracle Retail Central Office=14.1
Oracle Retail Eftlink=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Eftlink=20.0.1
Oracle Retail Extract Transform And Load=13.2.8
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=15.0.4.0
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=16.0.3.0
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=15.0.4.0
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=16.0.3.0
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=19.0.1.0
Oracle Retail Invoice Matching=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Merchandising System=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Point-of-Service=14.0
Oracle Retail Point-of-Service=14.1
Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server=14.1.3
Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server=15.0.3
Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server=16.0.3.0
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=15.0.4.0
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=16.0.3.0
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=19.0.1.0
Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management=14.1
Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management=15.0
Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management=16.0
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service=16.0.6
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service=17.0.4
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service=18.0.3
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service=19.0.2
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service=20.0.1
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database<11.2.2.8.27
Oracle Utilities Framework>=4.3.0.1.0<=4.3.0.6.0
Oracle Utilities Framework=4.2.0.2.0
Oracle Utilities Framework=4.2.0.3.0
Oracle Utilities Framework=4.4.0.0.0
Oracle Utilities Framework=4.4.0.2.0
Oracle Utilities Framework=4.4.0.3.0
Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator=6.0.0.1.1

Remedy

https://ant.apache.org/security.html

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is vulnerability ID CVE-2021-36373?

    Vulnerability ID CVE-2021-36373 is a denial of service vulnerability in Apache Ant.

  • How does vulnerability CVE-2021-36373 occur?

    Vulnerability CVE-2021-36373 occurs when a specially crafted TAR archive is read by an Apache Ant build.

  • What is the impact of vulnerability CVE-2021-36373?

    The impact of vulnerability CVE-2021-36373 is a denial of service caused by an out-of-memory error that can disrupt builds using Apache Ant.

  • Which versions of Apache Ant are affected by vulnerability CVE-2021-36373?

    Vulnerability CVE-2021-36373 affects Apache Ant versions prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11.

  • How to mitigate vulnerability CVE-2021-36373?

    To mitigate vulnerability CVE-2021-36373, it is recommended to update Apache Ant to version 1.9.16 or 1.10.11.

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