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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-4140: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-4140: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/02/2024
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-perl-email-mime

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