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openSUSE: 2019:1114-1 Important: perl-Email-Address Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The perl-Email-Address package has been revised to address a crucial Denial of Service vulnerability affecting openSUSE platforms.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for perl-Email-Address to version 1.912 fixes the following

issue:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-12558: Fixed a vulnerability which could allow Denial of

Service in perl module Email::Address (bsc#1098368).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1114=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1114=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1114=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

perl-Email-Address-1.912-5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

perl-Email-Address-1.912-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (noarch):

perl-Email-Address-1.912-bp150.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12558.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098368

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1114-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0 openSUSE Backports SLE-15

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