STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMES
CVE-2022-28220

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache James
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 September 2022

Summary

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 Version(s)

Apache James Apache James <= 3.6.2

References

https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3....
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Apache James PMC would like to thanks Benoit TELLIER for this report, and Fabian Ising for his support.
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