GNU Mailman up to 2.1.5.8 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GNU Mailman. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3573. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Mailman (Mail Client Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

The bug was discovered 11/14/2005. The weakness was presented 09/11/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wwwnew.mandriva.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3573 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20789 (Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : mailman vulnerabilities (USN-242-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117728 (CentOS Security Update for Mailman (CESA-2006:0204)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12597.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23139), Tenable (20789), SecurityFocus (BID 15408†), OSVDB (20819†) and Secunia (SA17511†). See VDB-27407 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20789
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : mailman vulnerabilities (USN-242-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 56203
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 955-1 (clamav)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 12597
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09/11/2005 🔍
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11/16/2005 +1 days 🔍
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01/16/2006 +61 days 🔍
01/21/2006 +5 days 🔍
03/07/2006 +45 days 🔍
03/12/2006 +5 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3286 days 🔍
06/15/2019 +1557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: wwwnew.mandriva.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3573 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3573
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26903

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X-Force: 23139
SecurityFocus: 15408 - GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber UTF8 Filename Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17511
OSVDB: 20819 - Mailman Scrubber.py utf8 Filename Processing DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015735
Vulnerability Center: 10633 - GNU Mailman DoS via UTF8 Chars in Attachments Filenames, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2404

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/15/2019 12:06
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (81), 06/15/2019 12:06 (10)
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