GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 Command Injection in Apache James

MEDIUM Published 2022-01-08 Modified 2022-09-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-38542
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.james:james-server
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-327, CWE-77
Reviewed
2022-01-07

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.james:james-server: < 3.6.1 → fixed in 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-38542 Apache James prior to release 3.6.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References