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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress

Description

## 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](<https://vulners.com/cve/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](<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](<https://vulners.com/cve/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](<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](<https://vulners.com/cve/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](<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](<https://vulners.com/cve/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](<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](<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR63945> "JR63945" ) | \--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version [11.7.1.0](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/878310>) \--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version [11.7.1.3](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6498109> "11.7.1.3" ) ## Workarounds and Mitigations None ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
infosphere information server 11.7

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