CVE-2021-38542

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in maven/org.jamesframework/james

Identifiers

CVE-2021-38542

Package Slug

maven/org.jamesframework/james

Vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Description

Apache James prior to release 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 Versions

All versions before 3.6.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.6.1 or above.

Last Modified

2022-01-13

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