MGASA-2014-0389

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    MGASA-2014-0389

    Published: 26 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated perl-Email-Address packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: 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).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0389.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13541, https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-Email-Address

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Email-Address?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.905.0-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High