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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4153 · published 11 December 2005

CVE-2005-4153: Gnu mailman vulnerability

Gnu · Mailman

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.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.1% · top 12.9%
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
3.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
32References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
http://secunia.com/advisories/18449 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18456 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18612 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19167 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19196 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-955
http://www.osvdb.org/21723
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0204.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16248
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0012/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-242-1
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:222 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23139
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10660
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
http://secunia.com/advisories/18449 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18456 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18612 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19167 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19196 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-955
http://www.osvdb.org/21723
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0204.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16248
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0012/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-242-1
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:222 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23139
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10660

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4153), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.