What is GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4?

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Command Injection in Apache James

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 cover?

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-38542. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4?

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4?

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 affects 1 product, including: maven/org.apache.james:james-server:\u003c 3.6.1.

GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4MediumCVSS 5.9

Command Injection in Apache James

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 8, 2022

Last Modified

January 29, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-38542 →

📋 Description

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 products1

maven/org.apache.james:james-server:< 3.6.1

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38542
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4