Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Apache Commons IO: Possible denial of service attack on untrusted input to XmlStreamReader Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO.

The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input.

This issue affects Apache Commons IO: from 2.0 before 2.14.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.14.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	commons-io	=2.11.0-2 \|\| =2.15.1-1 \|\| =2.16.0-1 \|\| =2.16.1-1 \|\| =2.17.0-1 \|\| =2.18.0-1 \|\| =2.19.0-1	-
debian 11	commons-io	=2.11.0-1 \|\| =2.11.0-2 \|\| =2.11.0-2~bpo11+1 \|\| =2.15.1-1 \|\| =2.16.0-1 \|\| =2.16.1-1 \|\| =2.17.0-1 \|\| =2.18.0-1 \|\| =2.19.0-1 \|\| =2.8.0-1	-
debian 13	commons-io	>=0 <2.16.0-1	2.16.0-1
debian 14	commons-io	>=0 <2.16.0-1	2.16.0-1
maven	commons-io:commons-io	>=2.0 <2.14.0	2.14.0
rpm rhel7	apache-commons-io	-	-
rpm rhel8	apache-commons-io	-	-
rpm rhel9	apache-commons-io	-	-
rpm rhel10	apache-commons-io	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2024-475542. NVD-2024-475543. OSV-DEBIAN-2024-475544. OSV-2024-475545. GCVE-2024-475546. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2024-47554

References

1. https://lists.apache.org/thread/6ozr91rr9cj5lm0zyhv30bsp317hk5z12. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-00103. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/03/2

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