Input validation error in Apache James - CVE-2006-2806
Published: February 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25578
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-2806
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long argument to the MAIL command.
Affected software
Apache James
How to mitigate CVE-2006-2806
Install update from vendor's website.
Apache James - update to 2.3.0