Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | mailman security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2006:0486 | First vendor Publication | 2006-06-09 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2006-06-09 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Moderate | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Problem Description: An updated mailman package that fixes a denial of service flaw is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists. A flaw was found in the way Mailman handles MIME multipart messages. An attacker could send a carefully crafted MIME multipart email message to a mailing list run by Mailman which would cause that particular mailing list to stop working. (CVE-2006-0052) Users of Mailman should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 187420 - CVE-2006-0052 Mailman DoS |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0486.html |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9475 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9475 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2006-0052 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for Mailman File : nvt/sles9p5019648.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1027-1 (mailman) File : nvt/deb_1027_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 24367 | Mailman Scrubber.py Crafted Multipart MIME Message DoS Mailman contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a multipart MIME message with a malformed part is received by the 'Scrubber.py' script, and will result in loss of availability for the list. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0486.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-06-11 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0486.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-04-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-267-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:50:02 |
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