PT-2019-9411 · Apache · Apache Sanselan+1

Guido Vranken · Published 2019-05-06 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-17201

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Sanselan version 0.97-incubator

Description The issue allows certain input files to cause the code to hang when parsed, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Note that Apache Sanselan was later renamed to Apache Commons Imaging.

Recommendations For Apache Sanselan version 0.97-incubator, consider updating to a newer version of Apache Commons Imaging to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17201

GHSA-RJX9-2936-9FFX

Affected Products

Apache Commons Imaging

Apache Sanselan

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17201 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rjx9-2936-9ffx · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cd37861963aa6d2694c8947d464c99614d3e1a9db6c1a2a8b7b5840a@%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cd37861963aa6d2694c8947d464c99614d3e1a9db6c1a2a8b7b5840a%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E · Note