CVE-2024-4140

2024-05-0220:15:07

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

denialofservice

emailmime

patchset

excessivememoryuse

unix

cwe770

cve20244140

multipartmessages

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpineedge-communitynoarchperl-email-mime< 1.954-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.19-communitynoarchperl-email-mime< 1.954-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.20-communitynoarchperl-email-mime< 1.954-r0UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	edge-community	noarch	perl-email-mime	< 1.954-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.19-community	noarch	perl-email-mime	< 1.954-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.20-community	noarch	perl-email-mime	< 1.954-r0	UNKNOWN