CVE-2018-12558

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-06-19
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1593318: CVE-2018-12558 perl-Email-Address: Specially crafted input could cause Denial of Service due to complex parse() method

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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").

Find out more about CVE-2018-12558 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Email-Address Affected

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