MIME4J Library Vulnerable to Header Injection Attacks
CVE-2024-21742

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache James Mime4j
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2024

Summary

Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.

Affected Version(s)

Apache James Mime4J 0 <= 0.8.9

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33...
vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Benoit TELLIER
.