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CVE-2018-12558

Published: 20 June 2018

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").

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libemail-address-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
xenial Needed

jammy Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (1.908-1+deb9u1, 1.912-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.912-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H