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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:james-server (GHSA-fqgw-6qj5-8hmp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414649

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2021-40111)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fqgw-6qj5-8hmp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414649

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40111

cwe: CWE-835