CVE-2022-28220

moderate-risk
Published 2022-09-08

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 account concurrent requests.

Do I need to act?

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9.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

James
James

Affected Vendors

Apache

References (4)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
Patch https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
Patch https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low