Improper Input Validation Affecting libemail-address-perl package, versions <1.912-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBEMAILADDRESSPERL-278841
  • published6 Oct 2015
  • disclosed6 Oct 2015

Introduced: 6 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-7686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libemail-address-perl to version 1.912-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libemail-address-perl package and not the libemail-address-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Address.pm in the Email-Address module 1.908 and earlier for Perl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted string containing a list of e-mail addresses in conjunction with parenthesis characters that can be associated with nested comments. NOTE: the default configuration in 1.908 mitigates this vulnerability but misparses certain realistic comments.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1