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SCA: security update for org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imap (GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420845

Description

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

 - Similarly to CVE-2024-34055, Apache James is vulnerable to denial of service through the abuse of IMAP
 literals from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, which could be used to cause unbounded memory
 allocation and very long computations Version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2 restrict such illegitimate use of IMAP
 literals. (CVE-2024-37358)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420845

Version: Revision 1.18

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37358

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: 2/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37358