SB2014062104 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for perl-Email-Address
Published: June 21, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014062104
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.