GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:9620

Info

GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9620
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0991
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 09 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue has been credited to Matthew Galgoci.
Vulnerable: SGI ProPack 2.4
SGI ProPack 2.3
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
Not Vulnerable: GNU Mailman 2.1.10 b1
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 2.1.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3

Discussion

GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that GNU Mailman is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue could cause Mailman to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
SGI has released an advisory 20040202-01-U to address this and other issues in SGI ProPack 2.4. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Fixes are available below.

Advisory RHSA-2004:019-04 has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Edition. Users are advised to update their packages immediately. Please see the reference section for more information.

SGI has released an advisory 20040201-01-U with a patch to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Mandrake has released advisory MDKSA-2004:013 and fixes to address this issue.

Debian has released advisory DSA 436-2 to address this issue.

SUSE has released an advisory SuSE-SA:2004:009 to address this and other issues. Please see the advisory for more information.

Conectiva has released an advisory (CLA-2004:842) to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Fixes:


GNU Mailman 1.0

GNU Mailman 1.1

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta3

GNU Mailman 2.0 .3

GNU Mailman 2.0 .7

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta4

GNU Mailman 2.0 .2

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta5

GNU Mailman 2.0 .5

GNU Mailman 2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0 .1

GNU Mailman 2.0 .8

GNU Mailman 2.0 .6

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

SGI ProPack 2.3

SGI ProPack 2.4

References

GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:
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