CVE-2021-40110

Apache James IMAP vulnerable to a ReDoS

Published Jan 4, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1 or higher , which enforce the use of RE2J regular expression engine to execute regex in linear time without back-tracking.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0682 In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1 or higher , which enforce the use of RE2J regular expression engine to execute regex in linear time without back-tracking.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r58x-wjg8-63m9 Denial of Service in Apache James
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 2:27 AM
Reserved
Aug 25, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 4, 2022, 9:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:06 AM