CVE-2006-0052 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause mailing list delivery failure via a crafted multipart MIME message in Mailman's attachment scrubber.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0052?
CVE-2006-0052 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0052?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.5 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
mailman-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.3 |
Products include Gnu Mailman.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0052?
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-2006-0052 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0052 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-1027-1, GHSA-f27j-9fv2-5hrg, RHSA-2006:0486.