Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 8599-1 libhttp-date-perl Critical Denial of Service

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July 23, 2026

A vulnerability in libhttp-date-perl affects multiple Ubuntu versions, allowing specially crafted input to cause excessive resource usage and potential denial of service; updates a...

Summary

HTTP-Date could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- libhttp-date-perl: module of date conversion routines

Details:

It was discovered that HTTP-Date incorrectly handled parsing certain date

strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTTP-Date to

use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important libhttp-date-perl http-date

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  libhttp-date-perl               6.06-1ubuntu0.26.04.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libhttp-date-perl               6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libhttp-date-perl               6.05-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.