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Echo: libhttp-date-perl: security update to 6.06-1+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461404

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - HTTP::Date versions before 6.08 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via polynomial regex backtracking in
 parse_date. parse_date() matches the date string against a chain of alternative regexes, and str2time()
 delegates to it. Several of these patterns place unbounded quantifiers next to each other before a
 trailing `\s*$` anchor. A valid date prefix followed by a long interior run of digits, letters, or
 whitespace and a single trailing byte that defeats the final match forces the engine to repartition the
 run, giving polynomial (about quadratic) backtracking. A header value of a few tens of kilobytes runs for
 tens of seconds of CPU. HTTP::Date parses timestamps such as HTTP `Date`, `Expires`, and `Last-Modified`
 headers, which commonly originate from untrusted sources. Any caller that passes an untrusted date header
 to str2time() or parse_date() can be driven to consume unbounded CPU, a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-14741)

Solution

Update the libhttp-date-perl library and its related packages to version 6.06-1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-14741

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461404

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-14741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-14741