CVE-2021-38542

Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3)

EPSS 2.3%CWE-77

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 2.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

04 Jan 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation · Apache James

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References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1