5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-0052
Mailman Email Library MIME Denial of Service
Description

The attachment scrubber (Scrubber.py) in Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier, when using Python's library email module 2.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailing list delivery failure) via a multipart MIME message with a single part that has two blank lines between the first boundary and the end boundary.

INFO

Published Date :

March 31, 2006, 11:06 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0052 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu mailman
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-0052.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=358892 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19522
http://secunia.com/advisories/19545
http://secunia.com/advisories/19571
http://secunia.com/advisories/20624
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015851
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:061
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_08_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/24367
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0486.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17311 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9475
https://usn.ubuntu.com/267-1/
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=358892 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19522
http://secunia.com/advisories/19545
http://secunia.com/advisories/19571
http://secunia.com/advisories/20624
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015851
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:061
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_08_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/24367
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0486.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17311 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9475
https://usn.ubuntu.com/267-1/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-0052 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0052 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-267-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/267-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9475 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9475 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-0052 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-0052 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

12.38 }} -1.36%

score

0.94551

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability