CVE-2006-2191 (GCVE-0-2006-2191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:43 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/200609… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2006-09-06 00:00
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