CVE-2006-2191 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-09-19

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0086.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20060906.155339.0c0732a4.en.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailman

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-09-19T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:27.785Z

Reserved: 2006-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2191

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-19T21:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2191

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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