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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-0477
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl...
Vulnerability Description
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59333
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61981
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59212
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969
Affected Vendor
email\
View all reports →Affected Software
\, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, address_module_project
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 3rd, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.