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RHEL 4 : mailman (RHSA-2007:0779)
low Nessus Plugin ID 28241
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
Updated mailman packages that fix a security issue and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Mailman is a program used to help manage email discussion lists.
A flaw was found in Mailman. A remote attacker could spoof messages in the error log, and possibly trick the administrator into visiting malicious URLs via a carriage return/line feed sequence in the URI.
(CVE-2006-4624)
As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs :
* canceling a subscription on the confirm subscription request page caused mailman to crash.
* editing the sender filter caused all spam filter rules to be deleted.
* the migrate-fhs script was not included.
* the mailman init script returned a zero (success) exit code even when an incorrect command was given. For example, the 'mailman foo' command returned a zero exit code. In these updated packages the mailmain init script returns the correct exit codes.
Users of Mailman are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected mailman package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 28241
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0779.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2007
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: 2.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman, 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: 11/15/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-4624