GNU Mailman malformed headers denial of service

mailman-headers-dos (28732) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

GNU Mailman is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an error when processing non-standard RFC 2231 formatted headers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
  • Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
  • Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • GNU, Mailman 1.0
  • GNU, Mailman 1.1
  • GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta3
  • GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta5
  • GNU, Mailman 2.0
  • GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta4
  • 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
  • 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
  • GNU, Mailman 2.1.6
  • GNU, Mailman 2.1.7
  • GNU, Mailman 2.1.8
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of GNU Mailman (2.1.9rc1 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0600-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200609-12 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:025 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:

Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Reported:

Sep 04, 2006

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