CVE-2022-28220

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@apache.org

Published

2022-09-08

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected products

• James (Apache)
• Apache James (Apache Software Foundation)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
• https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html