USN-242-1: mailman vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-242-1

16th January, 2006

mailman vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 5.10
  • Ubuntu 5.04
  • Ubuntu 4.10

Details

Aliet Santiesteban Sifontes discovered a remote Denial of Service
vulnerability in the attachment handler. An email with an attachment
whose filename contained invalid UTF-8 characters caused mailman to
crash. (CVE-2005-3573)

Mailman did not sufficiently verify the validity of email dates. Very
large numbers in dates caused mailman to crash. (CVE-2005-4153)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 5.10:
mailman
Ubuntu 5.04:
mailman
Ubuntu 4.10:
mailman

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

None

References

CVE-2005-3573, CVE-2005-4153