Ubuntu USN · USN-8599-1

HTTP-Date vulnerability

Published: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30

CVE-2026-14741

Summary

HTTP-Date could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Details

It was discovered that HTTP-Date incorrectly handled parsing certain date strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTTP-Date to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu jammy

libhttp-date-perl→6.05-1ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.05-1ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhttp-date-perl→6.05-1ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.05-1ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu noble

libhttp-date-perl→6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhttp-date-perl→6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu resolute

libhttp-date-perl→6.06-1ubuntu0.26.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.06-1ubuntu0.26.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhttp-date-perl→6.06-1ubuntu0.26.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 6.06-1ubuntu0.26.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhttp-date-perl
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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