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.
CVE-2018-11771
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.1%, top 22% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 91.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 16, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (34)
- security@apachehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105139
- security@apachehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041503
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0adb631517766e793e18a59723e2df08ced41eb9a57478f14781c9f7%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3565494c263dfeb4dcb2a71cb24d09a1ca285cd6ac74edc025a3af8a%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/35f60d6d0407c13c39411038ba1aca71d92595ed7041beff4d07f2ee%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c79965066c30d4e330e04d911d3761db41b82c89ae38d9a6b37a6f1%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/714c6ac1b1b50f8557e7342903ef45f1538a7bc60a0b47d6e48c273d%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8da751fc0ca949534cdf2744111da6bb0349d2798fac94b0a50f330%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8ef29df0f1d55aa741170748352ae8e425c7b1d286b2f257711a2dd%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b907e70bc422905d7962fd18f863f746bf7b4e7ed9da25c148580c61%40%3Cnotifications.commons.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c7954dc1e8fafd7ca1449f078953b419ebf8936e087f235f3bd024be%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3eae9e6fc021c4c22dda59a335d21c12eecab480b48115a2f098ef6%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eeecc1669242b28a3777ae13c68b376b0148d589d3d8170340d61120%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f28052d04cb8dbaae39bfd3dc8438e58c2a8be306a3f381f4728d7c1%40%3Ccommits.commons.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9cdd32af7d73e943452167d15801db39e8130409ebb9efb243b3f41%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | commons-compress | 2020-03-26 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.commons:commons-compress | 1.10 ... 1.9 (13 versions) | 1.18 | — |
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