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GLSA-200501-29 : Mailman: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16420

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-200501-29 (Mailman: XSS vulnerability)

 Florian Weimer has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the error messages that are produced by Mailman.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to visiting a specially crafted URL, an attacker can execute arbitrary script code running in the context of the victim's browser.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16420

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-29.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

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

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1177

GLSA: 200501-29