Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2191 - Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Mailman
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN gnu
nessus
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Mailman before 2.1.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that it is "unexploitable.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE9_11243.NASL description This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41102 published 2009-09-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41102 title SuSE9 Security Update : mailman (YOU Patch Number 11243) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(41102); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2191", "CVE-2006-2941", "CVE-2006-3636"); script_name(english:"SuSE9 Security Update : mailman (YOU Patch Number 11243)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman's error log which might induce an unsuspecting administrator to visit a phishing site. This has been blocked. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for its discovery. - Fixed denial of service attack which can be caused by some standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers. CVE-2006-2941. - Several cross-site scripting issues have been fixed. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for their discovery. CVE-2006-3636 - Fixed an unexploitable format string vulnerability. Discovery and fix by Karl Chen. Analysis of non-exploitability by Martin 'Joey' Schulze. Also thanks go to Lionel Elie Mamane. CVE-2006-2191." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2191.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2941.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3636.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply YOU patch number 11243."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/10/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/09/24"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages."); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type."); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 9 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented."); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SUSE9", reference:"mailman-2.1.4-83.27")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_FFFA92573C1711DB86AB00123FFE8333.NASL description Secunia reports : Mailman can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and phishing attacks, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) An error in the logging functionality can be exploited to inject a spoofed log message into the error log via a specially crafted URL. Successful exploitation may trick an administrator into visiting a malicious website. 2) An error in the processing of malformed headers which does not follow the RFC 2231 standard can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 3) Some unspecified input isn last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22304 published 2006-09-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22304 title FreeBSD : mailman -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (fffa9257-3c17-11db-86ab-00123ffe8333) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(22304); script_version("1.19"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2191", "CVE-2006-2941", "CVE-2006-3636", "CVE-2006-4624"); script_bugtraq_id(19831); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"21732"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mailman -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (fffa9257-3c17-11db-86ab-00123ffe8333)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Secunia reports : Mailman can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and phishing attacks, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) An error in the logging functionality can be exploited to inject a spoofed log message into the error log via a specially crafted URL. Successful exploitation may trick an administrator into visiting a malicious website. 2) An error in the processing of malformed headers which does not follow the RFC 2231 standard can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 3) Some unspecified input isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site." ); # http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=103&release_id=444295 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6dd8dd6d" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/fffa9257-3c17-11db-86ab-00123ffe8333.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?dcdef3e4" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(94); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mailman"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman-with-htdig"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/06/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/09/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/09/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mailman<2.1.9.r1")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ja-mailman<2.1.9.r1")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mailman-with-htdig<2.1.9.r1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_MAILMAN-2170.NASL description This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27344 published 2007-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27344 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : mailman (mailman-2170) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update mailman-2170. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(27344); script_version ("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2191", "CVE-2006-2941", "CVE-2006-3636"); script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : mailman (mailman-2170)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the mailman-2170 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman's error log which might induce an unsuspecting administrator to visit a phishing site. This has been blocked. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for its discovery. - Fixed denial of service attack which can be caused by some standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers. CVE-2006-2941. - Several cross-site scripting issues have been fixed. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for their discovery. CVE-2006-3636 - Fixed an unexploitable format string vulnerability. Discovery and fix by Karl Chen. Analysis of non-exploitability by Martin 'Joey' Schulze. Also thanks go to Lionel Elie Mamane. CVE-2006-2191." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailman package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailman"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/10/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.1", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"mailman-2.1.7-15.5") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailman"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_MAILMAN-2174.NASL description This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29519 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29519 title SuSE 10 Security Update : mailman (ZYPP Patch Number 2174) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(29519); script_version ("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2191", "CVE-2006-2941", "CVE-2006-3636"); script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : mailman (ZYPP Patch Number 2174)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update of mailman fixes the following security issues : - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman's error log which might induce an unsuspecting administrator to visit a phishing site. This has been blocked. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for its discovery. - Fixed denial of service attack which can be caused by some standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers. CVE-2006-2941. - Several cross-site scripting issues have been fixed. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for their discovery. CVE-2006-3636: - Fixed an unexploitable format string vulnerability. Discovery and fix by Karl Chen. Analysis of non-exploitability by Martin 'Joey' Schulze. Also thanks go to Lionel Elie Mamane. CVE-2006-2191." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2191.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2941.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3636.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 2174."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/10/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/13"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages."); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type."); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented."); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:0, reference:"mailman-2.1.7-15.5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");