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CentOS 7 : mailman (CESA-2018:0505)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108340

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for mailman is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists.

Security Fix(es) :

* mailman: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web UI (CVE-2018-5950)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b8ff6fee

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108340

File Name: centos_RHSA-2018-0505.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2018

Updated: 12/31/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mailman

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5950

RHSA: 2018:0505