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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-4624 · published 7 September 2006

CVE-2006-4624: Gnu mailman code injection vulnerability

Gnu · Mailman

CRLF injection vulnerability in Utils.py in Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to spoof messages in the error log and possibly trick the administrator into visiting malicious URLs via CRLF sequences in the URI.

2.6 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 3.0% · top 13.2% CWE-94 · Code injection
2.6CVSS 2.0 base score
3.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
42References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Utils.py in Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to spoof messages in the error log and possibly trick the administrator into visiting malicious URLs via CRLF sequences in the URI.

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://moritz-naumann.com/adv/0013/mailmanmulti/0013.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22011 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22020 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22227 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27669 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-12.xml
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
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1188
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:165
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445992/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19831
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28734
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9756
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-September/000087.html
http://moritz-naumann.com/adv/0013/mailmanmulti/0013.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/21732 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22011 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22020 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22227 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27669 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-12.xml
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
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1188
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:165
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445992/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19831
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3446

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-4624), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.