CVE-2003-0991 (GCVE-0-2003-0991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:12
VLAI
Summary
Unknown vulnerability in the mail command handler in Mailman before 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed e-mail commands.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9620 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?n… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2004-02-08 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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