Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201576860000000
Revision Date:2015-10-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-7686 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-7686
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND libemail-address-perl package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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