fkie_cve-2024-21742
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-02-27 17:15
Modified
2025-03-25 16:15
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5Mailing List
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfyMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfyMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache james_mime4j *


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      },
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         lang: "es",
         value: "La validación de entrada incorrecta permite la inyección de encabezado en la librería MIME4J cuando se usa MIME4J DOM para redactar mensajes. Un atacante puede aprovechar esto para agregar encabezados no deseados a los mensajes MIME.",
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   id: "CVE-2024-21742",
   lastModified: "2025-03-25T16:15:18.310",
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