VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-40111
This can be used for a Denial Of Service attack.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.12%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 Denial Of Service attack. The IMAP user needs to be authenticated to exploit this vulnerability. This affected Apache James prior to version 3.6.1. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.12% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- apache/james
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.