Description
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59333
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61981
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59212
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969
Scores
EPSS
0.0142
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
email\/\
address_module_project email\ (35 CPE variants)
email\/\
< 1.904
fedoraproject/fedora
Published
Jul 03, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026