CVE-2021-40525

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
Description
Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-40525
  • Assigner
  • security@apache.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-04T09:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-03-29T16:34:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.6.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40525
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40525
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-04 00:41:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:39:05 2022-01-04T09:15Z 2022-01-04T09:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:39:06 2022-03-29T16:34:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:39:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated