CVE-2021-40111

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-40111
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-04 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-12 20:06:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache James, while fuzzing with Jazzer the IMAP parsing stack, we discover that crafted APPEND and STATUS IMAP command could be used to trigger infinite loops resulting in expensive CPU computations and OutOfMemory exceptions. This can be used for a Denial Of Service attack. The IMAP user needs to be authenticated to exploit this vulnerability. This affected Apache James prior to version 3.6.1. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache James All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2021-40111: Apache James IMAP parsing Denial Of Service MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-40111: Apache James IMAP parsing Denial Of Service 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: The Apache James PMC would like to thanks Benoit TELLIER for the report.

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