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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.886734
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2024-38fb541a75)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2024-38fb541a75 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2024-38fb541a75 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update, to the latest upstream release, addresses an excessive memory use issue (CVE-2024-4140), which can cause denial of service when parsing multi-part MIME messages, the fix is the new $MAX_PARTS configuration, which limits how many parts will be considered for parsing, defaulting to 100.

Affected Software/OS:
'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) on Fedora 39.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-4140
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/
https://bugs.debian.org/960062
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140
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