MitM attack in Apache James

1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU67496

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28220

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing STARTTLS command buffers. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the application and perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache James: 2.1 - 3.7.0

External links

http://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.