CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38542
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-327, CWE-77
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.
Affected configurations
• apache james (< 3.6.1)
Related
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory