CVE-2005-3573
First published: Wed Nov 16 2005(Updated: )
Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mailman | =2.1.5 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.5 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.1 | |
| Mailman | =2.1.5.8 | |
| Mailman | =2.1.3 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.11 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.6 | |
| Mailman | =2.0-beta3 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.14 | |
| Mailman | =2.0-beta5 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.12 | |
| Mailman | =2.0-beta4 | |
| Mailman | =2.1.2 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.9 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.3 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.13 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.4 | |
| Mailman | =2.1 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.8 | |
| Mailman | =2.1.4 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.10 | |
| Mailman | =2.1.1-beta1 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.2 | |
| Mailman | =2.0.7 |
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Reference Links
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-September/046523.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327732
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17511
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17874
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18612
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-955
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-242-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/20819
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0204.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0012/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18503
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2404
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23139
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10038
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2005-3573?
CVE-2005-3573 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3573?
To fix CVE-2005-3573, upgrade Mailman to version 2.1.6 or later.
What software is affected by CVE-2005-3573?
CVE-2005-3573 affects various versions of Mailman, including 2.1.5 and earlier versions.
Can CVE-2005-3573 lead to data loss?
CVE-2005-3573 primarily results in application crashes, which may lead to temporary disruptions but not direct data loss.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2005-3573?
A workaround for CVE-2005-3573 is to avoid allowing attachments with problematic UTF-8 filenames until a patch is applied.
- agent/references
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/event
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/source
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/gnu
- canonical/gnu mailman
- version/gnu mailman/2.0-beta3
- version/gnu mailman/2.0-beta4
- version/gnu mailman/2.0-beta5
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.1
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.2
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.3
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.4
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.5
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.6
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.7
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.8
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.9
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.10
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.11
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.12
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.13
- version/gnu mailman/2.0.14
- version/gnu mailman/2.1
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.1-beta1
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.2
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.3
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.4
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.5
- version/gnu mailman/2.1.5.8