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high 7.8

CVE-2005-4153 json

Mailman 2.1.4 through 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a message that causes the server to "fail with an Over…

published 2005-12-11 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4148

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mailman 2.1.4 through 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a message that causes the server to "fail with an Overflow on bad date data in a processed message," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3573.

Patch / fix

  • mailman RHEL 3 3:2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.4
  • mailman RHEL 4 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0204

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-4153 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 mailman 2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 mailman 2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 mailman 2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.2
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 mailman 2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0204

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Exploit prediction

3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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