SB2019013145 - Fedora 28 update for perl-Email-Address-List



SB2019013145 - Fedora 28 update for perl-Email-Address-List

Published: January 31, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019013145
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18898)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The email-ingestion feature in Best Practical Request Tracker 4.1.13 through 4.4 allows denial of service by remote attackers via an algorithmic complexity attack on email address parsing.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.