{"id":"CVE-2021-38542","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4"],"modified":"2026-03-14T11:06:17.599454Z","published":"2022-01-04T09:15:07.267Z","related":["CGA-3g65-h84v-rwpx"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/1"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/james-project","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"863d81872046ecc793fa782a74f87a01b6a22659"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1"}]}}],"versions":["cassandra_migration_v1_to_v2","james-project-3.0-beta5","james-project-3.0.0","james-project-3.0.0-RC1","james-project-3.0.0-beta5","james-project-3.3.0","james-project-3.4.0","james-project-3.6.0","pre-3.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38542.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}