PT-2006-3170 · Gnu · Mailman

Joey + 3 · Published 2006-09-19 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2006-2191

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mailman versions prior to 2.1.9

Description A format string issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vendor has disputed this issue, stating it is unexploitable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.9, update to version 2.1.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2191

Affected Products

Mailman

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2191 · Security Note
• http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html · Patch
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2191 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2191 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 · Note
• http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20060906.155339.0c0732a4.en.html · Note