What is GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x?

GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x cover?

GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2022-28220. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x?

GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x?

GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x affects 2 products, including: maven/org.apache.james:james-server:\u003c 3.6.3; maven/org.apache.james:james-server:= 3.7.0.

GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94xHighCVSS 7.5

Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 9, 2022

Last Modified

January 30, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-28220 →

📋 Description

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 products2

maven/org.apache.james:james-server:< 3.6.3
maven/org.apache.james:james-server:= 3.7.0

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
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
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x