CVE-2014-1474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Email::Address::List before 0.02, as used in RT 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a string without an address.

Published: 2014-07-15

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address\:\:list_project:email\:\:address\:\:list::::::::

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-1550	Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Email::Address::List before 0.02, as used in RT 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a string without an address.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00535.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.bestpractical.com/2014/01/security-vulnerability-in-rt-42.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2014-June/000257.html
https://metacpan.org/changes/release/ALEXMV/Email-Address-List-0.02

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bestpractical Rt

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-07-15T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:35.491Z

Reserved: 2014-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1474

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-07-15T14:55:08.747

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-1474

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-189

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