GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9

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    GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9

    Published: 8 Jan 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Denial of Service in Apache James

    Details: In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1 or higher , which enforce the use of RE2J regular expression engine to execute regex in linear time without back-tracking.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40110, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.james:james-server

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.james/james-server

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.1.0
    Fixed -3.6.1

    Affected versions

    3.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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