Command Injection Affecting org.apache.james:james-server-protocols-managesieve package, versions [,3.7.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEJAMES-3018915
  • published8 Sept 2022
  • disclosed8 Sept 2022
  • creditBenoit TELLIER, Fabian Ising

Introduced: 8 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-28220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.james:james-server-protocols-managesieve to version 3.7.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection leading to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. This vulnerability exists due to an improper fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved a similar problem but is subject to a parser differential and improper handling of concurrent requests.

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