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CVE-2021-40110 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2 [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/2 [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache james
< 3.6.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-40110
NVD Published Date:
Jan 4, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-40110 Details - Not Deferred