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CVE-2015-7686 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/27/1 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/02/13 CVE
https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016 [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/27/1 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
email-address project email-address
<= 1.908

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:email-address_project:email-address:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7686
NVD Published Date:
Oct 6, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-7686 Details - Not Deferred