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Command Injection in Apache James

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 8, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.james:james-server (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.6.1

Patched versions

3.6.1

Description

Apache James prior to release 3.6.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. This can result in Man-in -the-middle command injection attacks, leading potentially to leakage of sensible information.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 4, 2022
Reviewed Jan 7, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 8, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.078%
(35th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-38542

GHSA ID

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4

Source code

No known source code
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