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title: "CVE-2014-1474\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1474

Publication date 15 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Email::Address::List before 0.02,
as used in RT 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (CPU consumption) via a string without an address.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libemail-address-list-perl | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1474)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1474)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1474)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1474)

### Other references

* <http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2014-January/000245.html>
* <https://metacpan.org/changes/release/ALEXMV/Email-Address-List-0.02>
* <http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2014-June/000257.html>
* <http://blog.bestpractical.com/2014/01/security-vulnerability-in-rt-42.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1474>