CVE-2003-0991 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Mailman mailing list server by sending malformed email commands, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0991?
CVE-2003-0991 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sgi Propack, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the mail command handler in Mailman before 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed e-mail commands.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0991?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnu Mailman, Sgi Propack.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0991?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-0991 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0991 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Propack
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vf7-m49c-hv97.