CVE-2021-36373 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Ant versions prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11, as well as related Oracle products. An attacker can craft a malicious TAR archive that, when processed by Apache Ant, causes excessive memory allocation leading to an out-of-memory error and disruption of build processes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_trade_finance:14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_treasury_management:14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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