CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-28220
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.
Affected configurations
• apache james (<= 3.6.2)
• apache james 3.7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory