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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-Email-Address (MDVSA-2014:192)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78018

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated perl-Email-Address package fixes security vulnerability :

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 (CVE-2014-0477).

The Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to backtracking into the phrase (CVE-2014-4720).

Solution

Update the affected perl-Email-Address package.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0389.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78018

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-192.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 10/2/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-email-address, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0477, CVE-2014-4720

BID: 68084, 68446

MDVSA: 2014:192