cve-2022-28220
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-08 07:40
Modified
2024-08-03 05:48
Severity ?
Summary
Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache James Version: Apache James   <
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