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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:apache-mime4j-core (GHSA-jw7r-rxff-gv24)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416599

Description

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

 - Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for
 composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
 (CVE-2024-21742)

Solution

Update the org.apache.james:apache-mime4j-core library and its related packages to version 0.8.10 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw7r-rxff-gv24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416599

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21742