[org.apache.james:james-server] Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack

Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
• https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x