CVE-2006-2941 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 6 Sep 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Mailman by sending specially crafted RFC 2231 formatted headers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-2941?

CVE-2006-2941 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving "standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers".

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2941?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Mailman.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2941?

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-2006-2941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8mm9-hcg3-394g.