CVE-2014-0477
libemail-address-perl - security update
EPSS 1.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-0477
To remediate CVE-2014-0477, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libemail-address-perl—upgrade to 1.905-1 or later
- Debian/libemail-address-perl—upgrade to 1.889-2+deb6u1 or later
- Debian/libemail-address-perl—upgrade to 1.895-1+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2014-0477 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.905-1
- from 0, < 1.889-2+deb6u1
- from 0, < 1.895-1+deb7u1