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FKIE_CVE-2021-40525

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-04 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:07

Severity

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.

References

URL	Tags
security@apache.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.org	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	apache	james	*

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CVE-2021-40525 (GCVE-0-2021-40525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-04 08:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:44

Title

Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1170 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache James	Affected: Apache James , ≤ 3.6.0 (custom)

Credits

The Apache James PMC would like to thanks Benoit TELLIER for the report.

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