CVE-2014-0477 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption in the Perl Email::Address module by sending a crafted RFC 2822 address.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0477?
CVE-2014-0477 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0477?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (1)
perl-Email-Address openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 1.908-1.3 |
Products include Email\ \, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0477?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-0477 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0477 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0477, DLA-0011-1, GHSA-w2mf-888c-4wj5, openSUSE-SU-2024:10452-1.