UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4720
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Summary:
Details: 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0477.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4720, https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4720
Affected packages
Package
Name: libemail-address-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1.905-2
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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