USN-3721-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3721-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3721-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3721-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2018-07-24T17:58:31.746034Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:41Z
Summary
ant vulnerability
Details

Danny Grander discovered that Apache Ant incorrectly handled certain compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ant

Package

Name
ant
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ant@1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.2-1
1.9.3-1
1.9.3-2
1.9.3-2build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ant",
            "binary_version": "1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ant-gcj",
            "binary_version": "1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ant-optional",
            "binary_version": "1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ant-optional-gcj",
            "binary_version": "1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-10886"
            }
        ]
    }
}