CVE-2021-40525

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40525
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-04 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-29 16:34:00 UTC
DescriptionApache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache James All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2022-22931: Path traversal in Apache James MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-40525: Apache James: Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-40525: Apache James: Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks MLIST 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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