GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x

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    GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x

    Published: 9 Sept 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack

    Details: Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220, https://github.com/apache/james-project, https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.james:james-server

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.3

    Affected versions

    3.0-M1

    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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