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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade libemail-address-perl | Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rt42Upgrade p5-RT-Authen-ExternalAuthUpgrade rt44 | Jun 16, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | — | Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 27, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Oct 6, 2015 |
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