CVE-2021-38542

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38542
  • Assigner
  • security@apache.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-04T09:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-27T11:39:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-327 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.6.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38542
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38542
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:38:50 2022-01-04T09:15Z 2022-01-04T09:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:38:50 2022-10-27T11:39:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:38:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-06 05:38:56 References updated