CVE-2015-7686
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7686
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.912-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.912-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.912-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.912-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.912-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| email-address_project | email-address | {"endIncluding":"1.908"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.