CVE-2012-2098
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Commons Compress
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.4.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.4.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.4.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.4.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.4.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.commons:commons-compress | <1.4.1 | 1.4.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | commons_compress | {"endExcluding":"1.4.1"} | 1.4.1 |
References
- http://ant.apache.org/security.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
- http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
- http://osvdb.org/82161
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2098
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/020c03d8ef579e80511023fb46ece30e9c3dd27d
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/0600296ab8f8a0bbdfedd483f51b38005eb8e34e
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/1ce57d976c4f25fe99edcadf079840c278f3cb84
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/2ab2fcb356753927afaa731b9d2dcc47d3083408
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/654222e628097763ee6ca561ae77be5c06666173
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/commit/6ced422bf5eca3aac05396367bafb33ec21bf74e
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.