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RHEL 3 / 4 : mailman (RHSA-2006:0486)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21682

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated mailman package that fixes a denial of service flaw 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 was found in the way Mailman handles MIME multipart messages.
An attacker could send a carefully crafted MIME multipart email message to a mailing list run by Mailman which would cause that particular mailing list to stop working. (CVE-2006-0052)

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

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-0052

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0486

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0486.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2006

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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: 6/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0052

RHSA: 2006:0486