5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-2941
Mailman Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Description

Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving "standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers".

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 6, 2006, 12:04 a.m.

Last Modified :

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

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-2941 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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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-2006-2941.

URL Resource
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0600.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21792 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21837 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21879 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22011 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22020 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-12.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016808
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=103&release_id=444295 Patch
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mailman/trunk/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py?r1=7859&r2=7923 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:165
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19831
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-345-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28732
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9912
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0600.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21792 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21837 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21879 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22011 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22020 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-12.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016808
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=103&release_id=444295 Patch
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mailman/trunk/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py?r1=7859&r2=7923 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:165
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19831
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-345-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28732
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9912

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-2006-2941 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-2941 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. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9912 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9912 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28732 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28732 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 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-2006-2941 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-2006-2941 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

32.14 }} 6.68%

score

0.96611

percentile

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