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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7686
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7686
Aliases CVE-2015-7686
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
ubuntu-priority low https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7686.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7686
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7686
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/02/13
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Patch URL
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There are no known vectors.

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