{"id":"MGASA-2019-0046","summary":"Updated perl-Email-Address package fixes security vulnerability","details":"The parse() method in the Email::Address module through 1.912 for Perl\ncan consume a large amount of resources on specially prepared input,\nleading to Denial of Service. Prepared special input that caused this\nproblem contained 30 form-field characters (\"\\f\") (CVE-2018-12558).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:38.742369808Z","published":"2019-01-23T15:50:09Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-12558"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0046.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23208"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KBO66KNCLV5H73UNWXAZ6VHSLBB6ZIAW/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-Email-Address","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Email-Address?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.912.0-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0046.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}