Algorithmic Complexity Affecting libemail-address-perl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.63% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBEMAILADDRESSPERL-278847
  • published20 Jun 2018
  • disclosed20 Jun 2018

Introduced: 20 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libemail-address-perl.

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:8 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").