CVE-2014-0477
Apache Email::Address Regular Expression DOS
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 3, 2014, 5:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected Perl Email::Address package.
- Upgrade the libemail-address-perl packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2014-0477.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-0477 is
associated with the following CWEs:
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-0477
weaknesses.
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CVE-2014-0477 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2014-0477 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59212 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59333 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723 Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5 Added Reference https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.42 }} -0.24%
score
0.79968
percentile