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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35517
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35517
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
When reading a specially crafted TAR archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' tar package.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | libcommons-compress-java | 0 |
| Debian:13 | libcommons-compress-java | 0 |
| Debian:12 | libcommons-compress-java | 0 |
Timeline
- Jul 13, 2021 CVE Published
- Oct 9, 2026 CVE Updated