CVE-2021-38542: vulnerability in Apache James
Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3)
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 2.3%
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.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache JamesRelated CVEs — Apache James
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2021-40525—Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacksEPSS 3.8%CVE-2021-40110—Apache James IMAP vulnerable to a ReDoSEPSS 3.0%CVE-2021-40111—Apache James IMAP parsing Denial Of ServiceEPSS 2.2%CVE-2022-28220—STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMESEPSS 2.0%CVE-2022-22931—Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1EPSS 1.8%CVE-2017-12628—CVE-2017-12628EPSS 0.8%