CVE-2021-38542 is a medium-severity buffering attack vulnerability affecting Apache James versions prior to 3.6.1. This flaw allows for Man-in-the-middle command injection attacks via the STARTTLS command, potentially leading to sensitive information leakage. The attack has a network vector and high attack complexity, but does not require user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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