[manjaro-security] [ASA-202107-43] ant: denial of service

[Jonas Witschel via arch-security]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-43
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2021-07-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-36373 CVE-2021-36374
Package : ant
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2151

Summary
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The package ant before version 1.10.11-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.10.11-1.

# pacman -Syu "ant>=1.10.11-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.10.11.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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- CVE-2021-36373 (denial of service)

When reading a specially crafted TAR archive, Apache Ant before version
1.10.11 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.

- CVE-2021-36374 (denial of service)

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, or a derived format,
Apache Ant before version 1.10.11 can be made to allocate large amounts
of memory that leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs.
This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant.

Impact
======

A crafted TAR or ZIP archive could consume large amounts of memory,
leading to denial of service.

References
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/5
https://github.com/apache/ant/commit/6594a2d66f7f060dafcbbf094dd60676db19a842
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/6
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-36373
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-36374
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