Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting perl-Cyrus package, versions <0:3.4.8-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-PERLCYRUS-8383545
  • published 18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 12 Nov 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 perl-Cyrus to version 0:3.4.8-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9195.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-Cyrus package and not the perl-Cyrus package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cyrus IMAP before 3.8.3 and 3.10.x before 3.10.0-rc1 allows authenticated attackers to cause unbounded memory allocation by sending many LITERALs in a single command.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.5 medium