Unscored severity · published Sep 6, 2006
CVE-2006-2941
Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving "standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers"
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CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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".
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mailman · Gnu
2.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2941
mail.python.org
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0600.html
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21792
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21837
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21879
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