UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36373

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36373

    Published: 14 Jul 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-36373

    Summary:

    Details: When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build 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. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36373, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/5, https://ant.apache.org/security.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36373

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ant

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ant?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.9.2-1
    1.9.3-1
    1.9.3-2
    1.9.3-2build1
    1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1
    1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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