{"id":"MGASA-2021-0078","summary":"Updated perl-Email-MIME and perl-Email-MIME-ContentType packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Messages with too many tiny nested MIME parts can lead to memory exhaustion on\nsplit(), resulting in denial of service (rhbz#1835353)\n\nThis update limits the number of nested MIME parts to 10 (by default), to avoid\na possible memory exhaustion issue with lots of tiny MIME parts.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:25:08.575555Z","published":"2021-02-10T18:41:52Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0078.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26757"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VJFUIVJOQGZOYF4Q4RXPBJTBBZD5LXVK/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3PWODHVD5ZKQBY2OYBTFPBETUOOJA33D/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-Email-MIME","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Email-MIME?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.949.0-3.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0078.json"}},{"package":{"name":"perl-Email-MIME-ContentType","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Email-MIME-ContentType?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.24.0-3.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0078.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}