Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mailman (MDKSA-2005:015)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16243

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Florian Weimer discovered a vulnerability in Mailman, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input is not properly sanitised by 'scripts/driver' when returning error pages. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web site or follow a specially crafted link. (CVE-2004-1177).

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16243

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-015.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1177

MDKSA: 2005:015

Detections

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