24367 : Mailman Scrubber.py Crafted Multipart MIME Message DoS
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
95%

Disclosure
Jan 09, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

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Description

 Mailman contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a multipart MIME message with a malformed part is received by the 'Scrubber.py' script, and will result in loss of availability for the list.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available

Technical

 The problem only manifests itself when using version 2.5 of the 'email' python module.

Solution

 Upgrade to version the version recommended by the vendor, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Mandriva
Watch-list
Mailman
Watch-list
 mailman-2.1.5-15mdk
mailman-2.1.5-15.3.102mdk
mailman-2.1.4-2.6.C30mdk
Debian
Watch-list
Mailman
Watch-list
 mailman-2.1.5-8sarge2
mailman-2.1.5-8
Ubuntu
Watch-list
Mailman
Watch-list
 mailman_2.1.5-1ubuntu2
mailman_2.1.5-1ubuntu2.7
mailman_2.1.5-7ubuntu0.2
mailman_2.1.5-8ubuntu2.2
mailman_2.1.5-7
mailman_2.1.5-8ubuntu2
Free Software Foundation
Watch-list
Mailman
Watch-list
 2.1.5
2.1.6

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  • Sven Hartge - svenBrand New Doo Doosvenhartge.de -

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