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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: ant / javapackages-bootstrap (CVE-2021-36373)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 217094

Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of ant / javapackages-bootstrap installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2021-36373 advisory.

 - 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. (CVE-2021-36373)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 217094

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2021-36373.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 3/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36373

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:ant, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:javapackages-bootstrap, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:ant-scripts

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AzureLinux/release, Host/AzureLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36373