CVE-2018-1324: Apache Commons Compress vulnerable to denial of service due to infinite loop

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-1324 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-1324 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2018-1324?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 14 March 2019.

Which products and versions are affected?

com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.2.7,fixed=3.7.4; org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.11,fixed=1.16.

Is there a fix for CVE-2018-1324?

Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (Maven): upgrade to 3.7.4 or later; org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven): upgrade to 1.16 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2018-1324?

Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (Maven), io.takari:commons-compress (Maven) or org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (Maven): upgrade to 3.7.4 or later

  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support to 3.7.4 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven): upgrade to 1.16 or later

  # set org.apache.commons:commons-compress to 1.16 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.2.7,fixed=3.7.4
• io.takari:commons-compress (Maven)
• org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.11,fixed=1.16

Identifiers

• CVE-2018-1324
• GHSA-h436-432x-8fvx