Arch Linux alert ASA-201905-7 (perl-email-address)

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Santiago Torres-Arias <santiago@archlinux.org> 
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Archlinux security <arch-security@archlinux.org> 
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[ASA-201905-7] perl-email-address: denial of service 
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Tue, 7 May 2019 16:55:33 -0400
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201905-7
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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
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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
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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
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https://github.com/Perl-Email-Project/Email-Address/issue...
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-12558