{"id":"MGASA-2016-0397","summary":"Updated perl-Email-Address packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Pali Rohár discovered a possible DoS attack in any software which uses the\nEmail::Address Perl module for parsing string input to a list of email\naddresses.\n\nNote that this issue has only been partially mitigated in Email::Address\nitself.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:50.915427148Z","published":"2016-11-25T17:04:30Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-7686"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0397.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16862"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/27/1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-Email-Address","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Email-Address?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.908.0-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0397.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}