CVE-2021-38542

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38542
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-04 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-27 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionApache 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-327

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache James All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2021-38542: Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3) MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2022-28220: STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMES MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-38542: Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3) MISC www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: We thanks Benoit Tellier, Raphael Ouazana for reporting this vulnerability as well as Damian Poddebniak, Fabian Ising, Hanno Böck, and Sebastian Schinzel Münster University of Applied Science for their research and tools regarding STARTTLS security.

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