Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache James Email Server
CVE-2024-37358

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache James Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 February 2025

Summary

Apache James is susceptible to a denial of service attack due to the manipulation of IMAP literals, affecting both authenticated and unauthenticated users. This vulnerability may lead to excessive memory allocation and prolonged computation times, potentially disrupting service availability. Users are encouraged to upgrade to Apache James version 3.7.6 or 3.8.2, where such malicious activities are effectively mitigated.

Affected Version(s)

Apache James server 0 <= 3.7.5

Apache James server 3.8.0 <= 3.8.1

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Xavier GUIMARD
Benoit TELLIER
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