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A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman 2.0.12 (Mail Client Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Field Handler. The manipulation of the argument Subject with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Mailman before 2.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an email message with an empty subject field.

The weakness was released 06/01/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0182 since 02/25/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12485 (RHEL 2.1 : mailman (RHSA-2004:156)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15106) and Tenable (12485). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 21602.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Client Software

Vendor

• GNU

Name

• Mailman

Version

• 2.0.12

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 12485
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : mailman (RHSA-2004:156)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Mailman 2.0.13

Timelineinfo

02/08/2004 🔍
02/25/2004 +17 days 🔍
04/14/2004 +49 days 🔍
06/01/2004 +48 days 🔍
06/01/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2011 +2423 days 🔍
10/16/2014 +1366 days 🔍
06/29/2021 +2448 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0182 (🔍)
X-Force: 15106
Vulnerability Center: 29287 - Mailman before 2.0.13 Remote DoS Vulnerability via an E-Mail Message with an Empty Subject Field, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10147 - Red Hat Linux GNU Mailman Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 17:30
Updated: 06/29/2021 18:23
Changes: 10/16/2014 17:30 (57), 03/14/2017 07:57 (9), 06/29/2021 18:23 (3)
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