CVE-2021-38542
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38542
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38542.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-38542
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2022-01-04T09:15:07.267Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-12T01:57:45.857527Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/apache/james-project
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/apache/james-project
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "3.6.1" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }