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Mageia 9: 2024-0198 Critical Update for perl-Email-MIME DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia has issued an update for perl-Email-MIME to address significant memory concerns leading to DoS vulnerabilities as of June 15, 2024.
An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages

Summary

An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth and the total number of parts. (CVE-2024-4140)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33248

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/perl-Email-MIME-1.954.0-1.mga9

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Publication date: 29 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0198.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-4140

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Topics Covered

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