Algorithmic Complexity Affecting perl-email-address package, versions <1.912-r0
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- published8 Dec 2023
- disclosed20 Jun 2018
Introduced: 20 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-12558 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.19 perl-email-address to version 1.912-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-email-address package and not the perl-email-address package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.
The parse() method in the Email::Address module through 1.909 for Perl is vulnerable to Algorithmic complexity on specially prepared input, leading to Denial of Service. Prepared special input that caused this problem contained 30 form-field characters ("\f").
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12558
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12558
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3