CVE-2006-0052 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GNU Mailman versions 2.1.5 and earlier, specifically within its attachment scrubber (Scrubber.py) when utilizing Python's email module 2.5. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted multipart MIME message, causing mailing list delivery failures. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, no authentication required, and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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