GNU Mailman 2.1.4/2.1.5/2.1.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GNU Mailman 2.1.4/2.1.5/2.1.6. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4153. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU Mailman 2.1.4/2.1.5/2.1.6 (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:

Mailman 2.1.4 through 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a message that causes the server to "fail with an Overflow on bad date data in a processed message," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3573.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2005. The weakness was disclosed 09/11/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wwwnew.mandriva.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4153 since 12/11/2005. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21892 (CentOS 3 / 4 : mailman (CESA-2006:0204)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS 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 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29193), Tenable (21892), SecurityFocus (BID 16248†), OSVDB (21723†) and Secunia (SA17511†). The entry VDB-26903 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 21892
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : mailman (CESA-2006:0204)
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OpenVAS ID: 56203
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 955-1 (clamav)
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09/11/2005 🔍
11/14/2005 +64 days 🔍
12/02/2005 +17 days 🔍
12/10/2005 +8 days 🔍
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01/16/2006 +36 days 🔍
03/07/2006 +50 days 🔍
03/12/2006 +5 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +113 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
06/15/2019 +1557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: wwwnew.mandriva.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4153 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4153
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27407

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X-Force: 29193
SecurityFocus: 16248 - GNU Mailman Large Date Data Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17511
OSVDB: 21723 - Mailman Message Processing Date Field Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 10632 - GNU Mailman DoS via Bad Date Data, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/15/2019 11:59
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (80), 06/15/2019 11:59 (4)
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