CentOS 3 / 4 : mailman (CESA-2006:0204)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21892

Synopsis

The remote CentOS 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21892

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0204.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mailman

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2005

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2006:0204

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