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GLSA-200406-04 : Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14515

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-04 (Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability)

 Mailman contains an unspecified vulnerability in the handling of request emails.
 Impact :

 By sending a carefully crafted email request to the mailman server an attacker could obtain member passwords.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All users of Mailman should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5' # emerge '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e25c67e8

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14515

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-04.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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:gentoo:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0412

GLSA: 200406-04