Security Bulletin
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-35515
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-35516
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-35516
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocate large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| InfoSphere Information Server | 11.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud | 11.7 | JR63945 | --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.3 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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Change History
29 Oct 2021: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 October 2021
Initial Publish date:
29 October 2021
UID
ibm16509082