Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2025 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2024-37358Apache James: denial of service through the use of IMAP literals

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits in Apache James server from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Similarly to CVE-2024-34055, Apache James is vulnerable to denial of service through the abuse of IMAP literals from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, which could be used to cause unbounded memory allocation and very long computations Version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2 restrict such illegitimate use of IMAP literals.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imap	3.7.6	GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jw
Maven	org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imap	3.8.2	GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jw

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache James server	0 – through 3.7.53.8.0 – through 3.8.1

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3fgpcrqc vendor-advisory