GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:17311

Info

GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17311
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-0052
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 29 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 15 2006 09:03PM
Credit: Salada, Duncan S. <[email protected]> reported this issue to the vendor.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
GNU Mailman 2.1.10 b1
GNU Mailman 2.1.5
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 GNU Mailman 2.1.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
GNU Mailman 2.1.3
GNU Mailman 2.1.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
GNU Mailman 2.1.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
GNU Mailman 2.1
GNU Mailman 2.0.14
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
GNU Mailman 2.0.13
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 GNU Mailman 2.0.12
GNU Mailman 2.0.11
+ Debian Linux 3.0
GNU Mailman 2.0.10
GNU Mailman 2.0.9
GNU Mailman 2.0.8
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat PowerTools 7.1
- Redhat PowerTools 7.0
GNU Mailman 2.0.7
GNU Mailman 2.0.6
GNU Mailman 2.0.5
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Debian Linux 2.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- HP HP-UX 11.11
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.2
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.9
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.8
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 - Sun Solaris 2.6
 - SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
GNU Mailman 2.0.4
GNU Mailman 2.0.4
GNU Mailman 2.0.3
GNU Mailman 2.0.2
GNU Mailman 2.0.1
GNU Mailman 2.0 beta5
+ Redhat Secure Web Server 3.2 i386
 GNU Mailman 2.0 beta4
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.2 x86
 - NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.1 x86
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.2 i386
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 sparc
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 i386
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 alpha
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.0 i386
 - SGI IRIX 6.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 GNU Mailman 2.0 beta3
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.2 x86
 - NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.1 x86
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.2 i386
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 sparc
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 i386
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.1 alpha
 + Redhat Secure Web Server 3.0 i386
 - SGI IRIX 6.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 GNU Mailman 2.0 .8
+ Redhat Secure Web Server 3.2 i386
 GNU Mailman 2.0 .7
GNU Mailman 2.0 .6
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 GNU Mailman 2.0 .5
GNU Mailman 2.0 .3
GNU Mailman 2.0 .2
GNU Mailman 2.0 .1
GNU Mailman 2.0
GNU Mailman 1.1
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2
GNU Mailman 1.0
+ Debian Linux 2.1
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: GNU Mailman 2.1.6

Discussion

GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

GNU Mailman is prone to denial-of-service attacks. This issue affects the attachment-scrubber utility.

The vulnerability could be triggered by mailing-list posts and will affect the availability of mailing lists hosted by the application.

This issue presents itself only when Mailman is used in conjunction with Python email version 2.5.

Exploit / POC

GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.1.6 of Mailman to address this issue.

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for more information.


GNU Mailman 1.0

GNU Mailman 1.1

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta3

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta4

GNU Mailman 2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0 .1

GNU Mailman 2.0 .7

GNU Mailman 2.0 .5

GNU Mailman 2.0 .3

GNU Mailman 2.0 .6

GNU Mailman 2.0 .2

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta5

GNU Mailman 2.0 .8

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 2.0.4

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 2.1.10 b1

GNU Mailman 2.1.2

GNU Mailman 2.1.3

GNU Mailman 2.1.4

GNU Mailman 2.1.5

References

GNU Mailman Attachment Scrubber Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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