Apache James: denial of service through the use of IMAP literals

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  "id": "5fcbddaa45e5908ff8770a13a4d255be1755f95682d972c295ffa3a8398b11e5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37358",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Apache James: denial of service through the use of IMAP literals",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-37358",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-37358",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-37358",
        "GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jw"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/james-project",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "562324e2ffdb7992952777dc92f62c7b8c197393"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "b967e3640f35822fd56c794b874f795442778be5"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8d0e75ff1de1e378c853f9d5075d6ffe1ce9446a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.7.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "james-project-3.7.5",
            "james-project-3.8.1",
            "james-project-3.8.0",
            "james-project-3.7.4",
            "james-project-3.7.3",
            "james-project-3.7.2",
            "james-project-3.7.1",
            "james-project-3.7.0",
            "james-project-3.4.0",
            "james-project-3.3.0",
            "pre-3.1.0",
            "james-project-3.0.0",
            "cassandra_migration_v1_to_v2",
            "james-project-3.0.0-RC1",
            "james-project-3.0.0-beta5",
            "james-project-3.0-beta5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-37358.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:44.204405904Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://james.apache.org/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/37xxx/CVE-2024-37358.json",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3fgpcrqc",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37358"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-770"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "apache",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.7.5"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.8.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/37xxx/CVE-2024-37358.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-37358",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 512377,
  "published_at": "2025-02-06T11:22:38.26+00:00"
}