CVE-2022-28220: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

September 8, 2022 (updated September 30, 2022)

Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.

References

james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220

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