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RHEL 3 / 4 : mailman (RHSA-2006:0204)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21034

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated mailman package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists.

A flaw in handling of UTF8 character encodings was found in Mailman.
An attacker could send a carefully crafted email message to a mailing list run by Mailman which would cause that particular mailing list to stop working. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-3573 to this issue.

A flaw in date handling was found in Mailman version 2.1.4 through 2.1.6. An attacker could send a carefully crafted email message to a mailing list run by Mailman which would cause the Mailman server to crash. (CVE-2005-4153).

Users of Mailman should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-3573

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-4153

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0204

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21034

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0204.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3573, CVE-2005-4153

RHSA: 2006:0204