CVE-2018-12558 Information

Description

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5