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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:james-server (GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412429

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2021-38542)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412429

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38542

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 1/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38542