CVE-2022-28220

2022-09-0808:15:07

CWE-77

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apache james

cve

buffering attack

starttls

cve-2022-28220

security vulnerability

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

47.0%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

apachejamesRange≤3.6.2

CPENameOperatorVersion
apache:jamesapache jamesle3.6.2
apache:jamesapache jameseq3.7.0

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
apache:james	apache james	le	3.6.2
apache:james	apache james	eq	3.7.0

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Apache James",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "3.6.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Apache James",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]