CVE-2015-7686

perl-Email-Address: denial of service when parsing crafted email address list

Published Oct 3, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-987-1 request-tracker4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3882-1 request-tracker4 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7588 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00613}

epss

{'score': 0.01026}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:58 AM
Reserved
Oct 2, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 6, 2015, 1:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 27, 2015, 12:00 AM