Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201905-7

Severity: Low
Date : 2019-05-06
CVE-ID : CVE-2018-12558
Package : perl-email-address
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-722

Summary

The package perl-email-address before version 1.912-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.912-1.

pacman -Syu “perl-email-address>=1.912-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.912.

Workaround

None.

Description

perl-email-address 1.909 is vulnerable to Algorithm Complexity problem
and can cause Denial of Service when attacker prepares specially
crafted input.

Impact

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via specially crafted
input.

References

https://github.com/Perl-Email-Project/Email-Address/issues/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-12558