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CVE-2021-38542

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38542

Severity

5.9

Medium

CVSS V3

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Description

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.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38542
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4
  • http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1
  • http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
  • https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1

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