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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:james-server (GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418499

Description

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

 - In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to
 orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to
 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1 or higher , which enforce the use of RE2J regular
 expression engine to execute regex in linear time without back-tracking. (CVE-2021-40110)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418499

Version: Revision 1.5

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40110

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2021-40110