Riskcovery

CVE-2021-40525

Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jan 4, 2022
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Sep 6, 2021

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Description

Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache JamesApache Software Foundation
  • Apache James through 3.6.0Affected

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