UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18898
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898
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Published
2019-03-21T16:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:52:18.521015Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libemail-address-list-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-list-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-list-perl@0.05-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.05-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.05-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.05-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-list-perl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libemail-address-list-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-list-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-list-perl@0.05-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.05-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.05-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.05-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-list-perl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libemail-address-list-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-list-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-list-perl@0.06-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.06-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.06-1",
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-list-perl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18898.json"