Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-0477 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
perl-email-address (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component mysql (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33089
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0477
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsperl-email-address (Alpine package): 1.896-r0 - 1.903-r0
mysql (Alpine package): 5.5.15-r0 - 5.5.37-r0
CPE2.3http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=980b4d3ad245a073903b30836daa8c37ecdfdd7d
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=749e5250afa489c318f597e7dee7743c23a627b3
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=158c921f4d243d45462addc8ab40d61e86709d13
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bc8efb9ddc35c480c2a251347e7537fbc91692bb
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.