What is GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9?

GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Denial of Service in Apache James

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9 cover?

GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-40110. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9?

GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9 affects 1 product, including: maven/org.apache.james:james-server:\u003e= 3.1.0, \u003c 3.6.1.

GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9High

Denial of Service in Apache James

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 8, 2022

Last Modified

May 15, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-40110 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.apache.james:james-server:>= 3.1.0, < 3.6.1

🔗 References (4)

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
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9