GNU Mailman up to 2.1b1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0052. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Mailman (Mail Client Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The attachment scrubber (Scrubber.py) in Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier, when using Python s library email module 2.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailing list delivery failure) via a multipart MIME message with a single part that has two blank lines between the first boundary and the end boundary.

The bug was discovered 03/30/2006. The weakness was presented 01/09/2005 by Sven Hartge (Website). The advisory is shared at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0052 since 12/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21682 (RHEL 3 / 4 : mailman (RHSA-2006:0486)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117704 (CentOS Security Update for Mailman (CESA-2006:0486)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29314), Tenable (21682), SecurityFocus (BID 17311†), OSVDB (24367†) and Secunia (SA19522†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 21682
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 / 4 : mailman (RHSA-2006:0486)
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OpenVAS ID: 56534
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1027-1 (mailman)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/09/2005 🔍
12/28/2005 +352 days 🔍
03/29/2006 +91 days 🔍
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03/30/2006 +1 days 🔍
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04/04/2006 +4 days 🔍
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06/09/2006 +61 days 🔍
06/11/2006 +2 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3196 days 🔍
06/23/2025 +3756 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: ubuntu.com
Researcher: Sven Hartge
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0052 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0052
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29433

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X-Force: 29314
SecurityFocus: 17311 - GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 19522 - Ubuntu update for mailman, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 24367 - Mailman Scrubber.py Crafted Multipart MIME Message DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015851
Vulnerability Center: 10963 - Mailman Attachment Scrubber DoS via Malicious MIME Message, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/23/2025 05:14
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (78), 06/16/2019 12:00 (10), 06/23/2025 05:14 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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