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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:james-server (GHSA-p5q9-86w4-2xr5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417315

Description

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

 - Apache James prior to versions 3.8.1 and 3.7.5 is vulnerable to SMTP smuggling. A lenient behaviour in
 line delimiter handling might create a difference of interpretation between the sender and the receiver
 which can be exploited by an attacker to forge an SMTP envelop, allowing for instance to bypass SPF
 checks. The patch implies enforcement of CRLF as a line delimiter as part of the DATA transaction. We
 recommend James users to upgrade to non vulnerable versions. (CVE-2023-51747)

Solution

Update the org.apache.james:james-server library and its related packages to version 3.7.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5q9-86w4-2xr5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417315

Version: Revision 1.15

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51747

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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-2023-51747