SB2014072105 - Input validation error in perl-email-address (Alpine package)
Published: July 21, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014072105
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0477)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=980b4d3ad245a073903b30836daa8c37ecdfdd7d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=749e5250afa489c318f597e7dee7743c23a627b3
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=158c921f4d243d45462addc8ab40d61e86709d13
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bc8efb9ddc35c480c2a251347e7537fbc91692bb