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Apache James

13 known vulnerabilities.

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  • High 8.7

    Apache James: Denial of service upon MIME parsing

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache James Mime4J library prior version 0.8.15 allows Denial of Service upon parsing Mime messages. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache James server 3.9.1 that relies on fixed MIME4J 0.8.15 whic…

  • Unscored —

    Apache James: ManageSieve file implementation cross-user path traversal

    In Apache James server prior version 3.9.1 relying on the SieveFileRepository incorect validation of file paths can result in path transversal, allowing to set arbitrary SIEVE scripts for other users. This allows a logged in attacker to set arbitrary SIEVE sc…

  • Unscored —

    Apache James: WebAdmin exposed without authentication on official Docker default

    Some docker-compose shipped by the project exposes by default Webadmin REST API publically without proper authentication setup. Version 3.9.1 onward sets a random credential by default on unprotected webadmin endpoints to prevent this while retain convenience.

  • Unscored —

    Apache James: SSRF filter bypass in the JMAP PushSubscription web-push client

    In Apache James server prior version 3.9.1 improper validation in JMAP webPush SSRF validation did lead to the possibility to reach internal addresses. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.1 which fixes this issue.

  • Unscored —

    Apache James: Negative IMAP ACL administer authorization bypass through JMAP protocol

    In Apache James server prior version 3.9.1 improper Access Control List processing is exposed by the JMAP protocol which do not account for negative rules positionned by IMAP protocol. This results in users being able to administer folders in JMAP despite hav…

  • Unscored —

    Apache James: SASL OAUTHBEARER do not validate aud in JWT payload if misconfigred

    Apache James SASL OAuthBearer/XOAUTH2 prior versions 3.9.1 fails to validate correctly AUD claim of JWT payloads when introspection is not configured. This allows an attacker with valid credentials to access the mail server even if they are not authorized to …

  • High 7.5

    STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMES

    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…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2022-22931 Public exploit

    Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1

    Fix of CVE-2021-40525 do not prepend delimiters upon valid directory validations. Affected implementations include: - maildir mailbox store - Sieve file repository This enables a user to access other users data stores (limited to user names being prefixed by …

  • Critical 9.1

    Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

    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. …

  • Medium —

    Apache James IMAP parsing Denial Of Service

    In Apache James, while fuzzing with Jazzer the IMAP parsing stack, we discover that crafted APPEND and STATUS IMAP command could be used to trigger infinite loops resulting in expensive CPU computations and OutOfMemory exceptions. This can be used for a Denia…

  • High —

    Apache James IMAP vulnerable to a ReDoS

    In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1…

  • Medium 5.9

    Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3)

    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.

  • High 7.8

    Apache James Privilege Escalation

    The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can on…