apache/james-mime4j · Security
Apache James MIME4J improper input validation vulnerability
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-jw7r-rxff-gv24
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-21742
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Description
Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
- CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21742 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfy ↗
- https://github.com/apache/james-mime4j/commit/9dec5df2a588fed8027839815daefa79ee66efd1 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/james-mime4j/commit/d25fb3fd35db42b060789a20634fbe3cb84aba17 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw7r-rxff-gv24 ↗