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Debian DSA-271-1 : ecartis - unauthorized password change

high Nessus Plugin ID 15108

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A problem has been discovered in ecartis, a mailing list manager, formerly known as listar. This vulnerability enables an attacker to reset the password of any user defined on the list server, including the list admins.

Solution

Upgrade the ecartis and listar packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.129a+1.0.0-snap20020514-1.1 of ecartis.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.129a-2.potato3 of listar.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-271

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15108

File Name: debian_DSA-271.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:listar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ecartis, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0162

BID: 6971

DSA: 271