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RHEL 6 : mailman (RHSA-2011:0308)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 52492
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
An updated mailman package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Mailman is a program used to help manage email discussion lists.
Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed usernames of subscribed users on certain pages. If a user who is subscribed to a mailing list were able to trick a victim into visiting one of those pages, they could perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the victim. (CVE-2011-0707)
Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed mailing list information. A mailing list administrator could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims viewing a list's 'listinfo' page. (CVE-2010-3089)
Red Hat would like to thank Mark Sapiro for reporting these issues.
Users of mailman should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
Update the affected mailman and / or mailman-debuginfo packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3089
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 52492
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0308.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/2/2011
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3089, CVE-2011-0707
RHSA: 2011:0308