CVE-2006-2941

Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving "standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers".

Published: 2006-09-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2941 is rated Moderate Risk (43.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.45%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2941

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.05% 2.45% -6.60%
2 2025-09-30 6.12% 9.05% +2.93%
3 2025-04-25 — 6.12% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2941

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2941

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2941

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-2941: 1 GLSA(s) (200609-12), 1 atom(s) (net-mail/mailman); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-2941
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2941
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2941 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailman), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2941

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2941

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailman 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1b1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2941

URL Tags
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0600.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21792 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21837 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21879 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22011 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22020 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-12.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016808
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=103&release_id=444295 Patch
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mailman/trunk/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py?r1=7859&r2=7923 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:165
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19831
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-345-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28732
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9912
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