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VAR-202201-0221

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Apache 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. Apache James Exists in the use of cryptographic algorithms.Information may be obtained. Apache James is an open source Smtp and Pop3 mail transfer agent and Nntp news server written entirely in Java by the Apache Foundation

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CVE-2021-38542 (GCVE-0-2021-38542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-04 08:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:44

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Assigner

apache

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache James	Affected: Apache James , < 3.6.1 (custom)

Credits

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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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2021-38542 (GCVE-0-2021-38542)

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