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FKIE_CVE-2022-22931

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-02-07 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:29
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Fix of CVE-2021-40525 do not prepend delimiters upon valid directory validations. Affected implementations include: - maildir mailbox store - Sieve file repository This enables a user to access other users data stores (limited to user names being prefixed by the value of the username being used).
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/bp8yql4wws56jlh0vxoowj7foothsmprMailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread/bp8yql4wws56jlh0vxoowj7foothsmprMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache james 3.6.1
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      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "Apache James",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "Apache James 3.6.1"
            }
          ]
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La correcci\u00f3n de CVE-2021-40525 no antepone delimitadores a las comprobaciones de directorios. Las implementaciones afectadas incluyen: - Almac\u00e9n de buzones maildir - Repositorio de archivos Sieve Esto permite a un usuario acceder a almacenes de datos de otros usuarios (limitado a que los nombres de usuario lleven como prefijo el valor del nombre de usuario usado)"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-22931",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:29:11.940",
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