# CVE-2005-3573: Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote att

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/19167
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-242-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18503
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2404
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0012/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0204.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10038
- http://www.osvdb.org/20819
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18456
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015735
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17874
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:222
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18612
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17511
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-September/046523.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19196
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327732
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-955

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