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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : mailman (RHSA-2005:136)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16371

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated mailman packages that correct a mailman security issue are now available.

The mailman package is software to help manage email discussion lists.

A flaw in the true_path function of Mailman was discovered. A remote attacker who is a member of a private mailman list could use a carefully crafted URL and gain access to arbitrary files on the server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0202 to this issue.

Note: Mailman installations running on Apache 2.0-based servers are not vulnerable to this issue.

Users of mailman should update to these erratum packages that contain a patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0202

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:136

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16371

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-136.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0202

RHSA: 2005:136