CVE catalog
CVE-2021-35517
libcommons-compress-java: CVE-2021-35517
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 10.61% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | sid | 1.28.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | forky | 1.28.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | trixie | 1.27.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | bookworm | 1.22-1 | fixed |
| Cpe | commons_compress | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | active_iq_unified_manager | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | oncommand_insight | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_apis | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_digital_experience | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_enterprise_default_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_party_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_payments | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_trade_finance | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_treasury_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | source | sid | 1.21-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [991041] |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | source | forky | 1.21-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [991041] |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | source | trixie | 1.21-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [991041] |
| Debian | libcommons-compress-java | source | bookworm | 1.21-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [991041] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libcommons-compress-java]Fixed
Details (2)
1.22-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.21-1dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · 12
1.22-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.21-1dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libcommons-compress-java]Fixed
Details (2)
1.27.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.21-1dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · 13
1.27.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.21-1dsa · libcommons-compress-java · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_2612-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35517]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35517]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35517]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-35517.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2022-0699.json]
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