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Apache James Denial of Service

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 18, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.james:james-server (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.2.0

Patched versions

2.2.0

Description

Spooler in Apache Foundation James before 2.2.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering various error conditions in the retrieve function, which prevents a lock from being released and causes a memory leak.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2004
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Reviewed Sep 18, 2023
Last updated Sep 18, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(22nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2004-2650

GHSA ID

GHSA-92j7-34x9-f3jw

Source code

No known source code
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