GNU Mailman UTF8 scrubber.py denial of service
| mailman-utf8-scrubber-dos (23139) |  Low Risk |
Description:
GNU Mailman is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a vulnerability in the scrubber.py script. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted email containing an attachment with UTF8 characters to cause the mailing list to stop working.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta5
- GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta4
- GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta3
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.1
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.10
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.11
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.12
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.13
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.14
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.2
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.3
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.4
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.5
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.6
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.7
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.8
- GNU, Mailman 2.0.9
- GNU, Mailman 2.1
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.1 Beta1
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.2
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.3
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.4
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.5
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.5.8
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- SGI, Advanced Linux Environment 3
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-955-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SGI Advanced Linux Environment:
Refer to SGI Security Advisory 20060401-01-U for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0204-10 and RHSA-2006:0486-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-242-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for patch or upgrade information.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- GNU Mailman Web site, Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager at http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/.
- SGI Security Advisory 20060401-01-U, SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #56 at ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01.U.asc.
- ASA-2006-066: mailman security update (RHSA-2006-0204)
- BID-15408: GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber UTF8 Filename Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-3573: Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
- DSA-955: mailman -- DoS
- MDKSA-2005:222: Updated mailman packages fix various vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0204: mailman security update
- SA17511: Mailman Attachment Filename Scrubbing Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1015735: GNU Mailman `Scrubber.py` Decoding Error May Let Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2006:001: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-242-1: mailman vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2404: Mailman Attachment Filename Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 14, 2005
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