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CVE-2006-2941: gnu mailman

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 06-09-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2941 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu mailman. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2006:0600

Timeline

  1. 06-09-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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".

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 2.60% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
  • mailman2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.1:beta1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.5.8 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1b1

1 vendor · 1 product

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