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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2023-51747

SMTP smuggling in Apache James

Description

Apache James prior to versions 3.8.1 and 3.7.5 is vulnerable to SMTP smuggling. A lenient behaviour in line delimiter handling might create a difference of interpretation between the sender and the receiver which can be exploited by an attacker to forge an SMTP envelop, allowing for instance to bypass SPF checks. The patch implies enforcement of CRLF as a line delimiter as part of the DATA transaction. We recommend James users to upgrade to non vulnerable versions.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache James server

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 3.7.4affected
  • 3.8 to ≤ 3.8.0affected

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