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openSUSE 10 Security Update : mailman (mailman-2170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27344

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of mailman fixes the following security issues :

 - A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman's error log which might induce an unsuspecting administrator to visit a phishing site. This has been blocked. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for its discovery.

 - Fixed denial of service attack which can be caused by some standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers.
 CVE-2006-2941.

 - Several cross-site scripting issues have been fixed.
 Thanks to Moritz Naumann for their discovery.
 CVE-2006-3636

 - Fixed an unexploitable format string vulnerability.
 Discovery and fix by Karl Chen. Analysis of non-exploitability by Martin 'Joey' Schulze. Also thanks go to Lionel Elie Mamane. CVE-2006-2191.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27344

File Name: suse_mailman-2170.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailman

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2191, CVE-2006-2941, CVE-2006-3636